Thymelicus leonina

Thymelicus leoninus

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Thymelicina
Genus: Thymelicus
Species: Thymelicus leonina
Subspecies: T. l. hamadakohi – T. l. kushana – T. l. leonina – T. l. tatsia

Name

Thymelicus leonina Butler, 1878.

Type Locality: Japan.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Pamphila leonina Butler, 1878: 286.
• Thymelicus leonina leonina (Butler); Evanes, 1949: 346.
• Thymelicus leoninus Butler (sic); Yokoyama & Wakabayashi, 1970: 113, Figs. 181a-c.

References

• Butler, A.G., 1878. On some Butterflies recently sent home from Japan by Mr. Montague Fenton. Cistula Entomologica 2: 281-286. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
• Fujioka, T. 1993. Rare, local and little known butterflies from Japan (5). A new subspecies of Thymelicus leoninus from a localized area of Shikoku. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 6: 3–10. Reference page. 
• Yokoyama, M. & Wakabayashi, M., 1970. Coloured Illustrations of the Butterflies of Japan Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd, Osaka.178pp, 74 pls. Reference page.