Howarthia melli

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: Howarthia
Species: Howarthia melli
Subspecies: H. m. fujiokai – H. m. melli

Name

Howarthia melli Forster, 1940.

Type locality: China, Kwangtung, Tsha-yuen-shan ("Tsha-jiu-shan").

Holotype: ♂ ZMB, 26.VII.1911. S.V. Mell.

Synonymy

• 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

• 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.