Ahlbergia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Eumaeini
Genus: Ahlbergia
Species: A. aleucopuncta – A. arquata – A. bijieensis – A. bimaculata – A. caerulea – A. caesius – A. chalcidis – A. chalybeia – A. circe – A. clarofacia – A. clarolinea – A. confusa – A. distincta – A. dongyui – A. ferrea – A. frivaldszkyi – A. haradai – A. hsui – A. huertasblancae – A. korea – A. leechii – A. leechuanlungi – A. leei – A. liyufeii – A. luoliangi – A. lynda – A. maoweiweii – A. nicevillei – A. oppocoenosa – A. pictila – A. pluto – A. prodiga – A. unicolora – A. zhujianhuai

Name

Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946.

Type species: Lycaena ferrea Butler, 1866: 57.
Synonymy

Satsuma Murray, [1875]: 168, preocc. (Adams, 1868: 463 - Mollusca)
Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946: 50, (replacement name for Satsuma Murray, 1874).
Ginzia Okano, 1947: 239, replacement name for Satsuma.

chalybeia Species Group

Species: (3):
A. bimaculata – A. chalcidis – A. chalybeia
ferrea Species Group

Species: (4):
A. arquata – A. ferrea – A. korea – A. leei
pluto Species Group

Species: A. aleucopuncta – A. caerulea – A. clarofacia – A. pictila – A. pluto – A. unicolora – A. zhujianhuai
overview of species not assigned to a species-group

A. bijieensis – A. caesius – A. circe – A. clarofacia – A. clarolinea – A. confusa – A. distincta – A. dongyui – A. frivaldszkyi – A. haradai – A. hsui – A. leechii – A. leechuanlungi – A. luoliangi – A. lynda – A. nicevillei – A. prodiga
References

Bryk, F. 1946. Zur Kenntnis der Grossschmetterlinge von Korea. Pars 1. Rhopalocera, Hesperioidea et Macrofrenatae I (Sphingidae). Arkiv för Zoologi 38A(3): 1–74, 5 pls. Reference page.
Butler, A.G. 1868. A list of the diurnal lepidoptera collected by Mr. Whitely in Hakodadi (North Japan). J. Linnean Soc. 9: 50–59. BHL. 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. & Zhan, C.H. 2006. A new species of Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946 from Guangdong, SE China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 37(1-2): 168–174. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Huang, H., Chen, Z. & Li, M. 2006. Ahlbergia confusa spec. nov. from SE China. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 37(1-2): 175-183. full article zobodat (pdf). Reference page.
Huang, H. & Chen, A.M. 2006. Ahlbergia clarotinea spec. nov. from NW Yunnan province, China (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 37(3-4): 317–321. full article (pdf). Reference page.
Huang, H. & Song, K. 2006. New or little known elfin lycaenids from Shaanxi, China. Atalanta 37(1-2): 161-167. full article zobodat (pdf). Reference page.
Huang, H. & Sun, W.H. 2016. Ahlbergia bijieensis spec. nov. from Guizhou, China (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Atalanta 47: 151–160. Reference page.
Huang, H. & Zhan, C.H. 2006. A new species of Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946 from Guangdong, SE China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atalanta 37(1-2): 168–174. full article (pdf). Reference page. .
Huang, H. & Zhu, J-Q. 2016. Ahlbergia maoweiweii sp. n. from Shaanxi, China with revisional notes on similar species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 4114(4): 409–433. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4114.4.3. Reference page.
Huang, H. & Wu, C.S. 2003. New and little known Chinese butterflies in the collection of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing - 1 (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 55: 115–143. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Igarashi, S., 1973. Ahlbergia haradai, a new Lycaenid Butterfly from Nepal. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 23(3-4): 68–74. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page.
Johnson, K., 1992. The Palaearctic „Elfin" Butterflies (Lycaenidae). Neue entomologische Nachrichten 29: 1–141. PDF. Reference page.
Johnson, K. 2000. A new elfin butterfly (Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from northern China with comments on the nomenclature of Palaearctic Elfins. The Taxonomic Report 2 (1): 1–5. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Korb, S.K. 2018c. THE LECTOTYPE DESIGNATION OF THECLA FRIVALDSZKYI LEDERER, 1855 WITH REMARKS TO THE DISTRIBUTION AND SYSTEMATICS OF THE BLUE BUTTERFLIES OF THE GENUS AHLBERGIA BRYK, 1946 (LEPIDOPTERA, LYCAENIDAE). Amurian Zoological Journal X(3-4): 171-176. (in Russian). Reference page.

Yoshino K., 2016: Description of a new species of Elfin Butterfly(Lycaenidae,Theclinae) from Nagaland, northeastern India. Butterfly Science 4: 12-17