Chrysozephyrus watsoni

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: Chrysozephyrus
Species: Chrysozephyrus watsoni
Subspecies: (4) per Koiwaya, 2007.
C. w. dabaensis – C. w. inflatus – C. w. kameii – C. w. watsoni

Name

Chrysozephyrus watsoni (W.H. Evans, 1927).

Type locality: Loimwe, Burma.

Holotype: BMNH images.

Synonymy

• Thecla letha watsoni Evans, 1927: 160.
• Neozephyrus watsoni (Evans); Howarth, 1957: 245, Fig.7 genit., figs 51,52,61,62 ♂,♀.
• Chrysozephyrus watsoni (Evans, 1897) [sic]; Saigusa, 1987: 1–6; Koiwaya, 2007: 226, figs 143-1a to 143-26b.
• Neozephyrus asahii Fujioka, 2003: 2–10, figs 12, 32 ♀. Synonymised by Koiwaya, 2007: 226.
• Chrsozephyrus scintillans mizunumai Funahashi, 2003: 13, pl.4 figs 19,20 ♂,♀. Synonymy in Koiwaya, 2007: 226.

References

• Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fujioka, T. 2003. Descriptions of new species and new subspecies belonging to Tribe Theclini from Myanmar, Vietnam and west China. Gekkan-Mushi 384: 2–10. Reference page. 
• Funahashi, A. 2003. Butterflies of Vietnam, Part 2. Wallace (8): 3–17. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S. 2000. Descriptions of one new species and eight new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China. Gekkan-Mushi 348: 10–17, figs. 38-43. 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. 
• Saigusa, T., 1987. A tentative list of the Zephyrus-hairstreaks of the World. Fukuoka, Japan. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ワトソンミドリシジミ