Sinthusa

Sinthusa nasaka amba, ♂, Thailand, Bob Kennett/Alan Cassidy photo.

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
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Sinthusa
Species: S. aspra – S. chandrana – S. chenzhibingi – S. confusa – S. indrasari – S. kawazoei – S. makikoae – S. malika – S. menglaensis – S. mindanensis – S. nasaka – S. natsumiae – S. peregrinus – S. privata – S. rayata – S. stephaniae – S. verriculata – S. virgo – S. yagishitai – S. zhejiangensis

Name

Sinthusa Moore, 1884.

Type species: Thecla nasaka Horsfield, [1829].

Synonymy

• Sinthusa Moore, 1884: 33.
• Pseudochliaria Tytler, 1915: 139.

References

• Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 28(6): 371-505; 36 Pls.; 162 Text-figs. Reference page. 
• Hayashi, H., Schröder, H.G. & Treadaway, C. G., 1978. New species of Rapala and Sinthusa from Mindanao (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô-to-Ga 29(5): 215-219. Reference page. 
• Hayashi, H. 1981. New Lycaenid butterflies from the Philippines. Tyô to Ga 32(1,2): 363–382. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. 2003. A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongjiang, China, with descriptions of new species, new subspecies and revisional notes. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 55: 3–114. PDF. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. & Xue, Y.P. 2004a. A new species of Miletus from the extreme south of Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 57: 155–160. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. & Zhu, J.Q. 2018. A tentative review of the genus Sinthusa Moore, 1884 from China (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 49(1-4): 143-153. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1994b. A new species of genus Sinthusa (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Sumatra. Tyô to Ga 45(1): 17029. PDF. Reference page. 
• Treadaway, C.G. & Schröder, H.G. 2012. Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 32 (Suppl. 20): 64pp. 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. 

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