Howarthia melli
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Howarthia
Species: Howarthia melli
Subspecies:
H. m. fujiokai –
H. m. melli
Name
[edit]Howarthia melli Forster, 1940.
Type locality: China, Kwangtung, Tsha-yuen-shan ("Tsha-jiu-shan").
Holotype: ♂ ZMB, 26.VII.1911. S.V. Mell.
Synonymy
[edit]- Zephyrus melli Forster, 1940 (in part)
- Howarthia melli Koiwaya, 1993 (sensu Forster 1940)
- Howarthia melli melli Koiwaya, 2000 (in part)
- Howarthia cheni Wang & Fang, 2002 (in part)
References
[edit]- Hsu, Y.-F., Dongsun, D., Yen, S.-H. & Qian, Z. 2004. Systematic problems surrounding Howarthia melli (Forster) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae), with description of a new species and a review of Rhododendron-assiciation in Lycaenid butterflies. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(4): 653–666. Reference page.
- Koiwaya, S. 2000. Descriptions of four new species and three new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China. Gekkan-Mushi 357: 2–9. 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.