Shirozuozephyrus kirbariensis

Shirozuozephyrus kirbariensis from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Shirozuozephyrus
Species: Shirozuozephyrus kirbariensis
Subspecies: (4) per Koiwaya, 2007
S. k. kirbariensis – S. k. machimurai – S. k. mapanputicus – S. k. shakunage

Name

Shirozuozephyrus kirbariensis (Tytler, 1915).

Type locality: India, Manipur, Kabru.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonymy

• Zephyrus sp. ♀ Tytler, 1912: 598. Mentioned but not named.
• Zephyrus kirbariensis Tytler, 1915: 130, pl.4 figs 36,37.
• Chrysozephyrus kirbariensis (Tytler); Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956: 385, pl.38, fig.44, pl.67 figs 4a-e,g; Koiwaya et al, 2004: 82–101.
• Neozephyrus kirbariensis (Tytler); Howarth, 1957: 268, fig.42.
• Shirozuozephyrus kirbariensis (Tytler); Koiwaya, 2007: 240, figs 152-1a to 152-16b.

References

• Howarth, T. G., 1957. A revision of the genus Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 5(6): 233–272, 105 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S, 2000. Notes on Theclini (Lycaenidae) from North Kachin, Myanmar, with the descriptions of four new species and ten new subspecies. Notes on Eurasian Insects 3: 45-70. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S., 2007. The Zephyrus Hairstreaks of the World. 1: 1–300 2: pls 1-256. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978-4-943955-05-4. Reference page. 
• Shirôzu, T. & Yamamoto, H. 1956. a generic revision and the phylogeny of the Tribe Theclini (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera). Sieboldia 1(4): 329–421, pls 35–38. Reference page. 
• Tytler, H. C., 1912. Notes on butterflies from the Naga Hills (2). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21(2): 588-606, pl, B. text, plate. Reference page. 
• Tytler, H. C., 1915. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills, Pt. III. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 119-155, pl.3, pl.4. Reference page. 
• Zhuang, H-L., Yago, M. & Wang, M. 2015. Theclini butterflies from Weixi, China, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 3985(1): 142–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.1.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.