Chrysozephyrus

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: Theclini
Genus: Chrysozephyrus
Species: C. abeorum – C. brillantinus – C. changchini – C. disparatus – C. duma – C. dumoides – C. esakii – C. fujiokai – C. gaoi – C. garmanitus – C. haradai – C. hatoyamai – C. hisamatsusanus – C. intermedius – C. inthanonensis – C. jiroi – C. kabrua – C. kimurai – C. koizumii – C. laoshanensis – C. letha – C. linae – C. luyanquani – C. marginatus – C. meili – C. mushaellus – C. nigroapicalis – C. nishikaze – C. nosei – C. okamurai – C. rarasanus – C. sakakibarai – C. sakula – C. sandersi – C. scintillans – C. setohi – C. shakunage – C. shimizui – C. sikkimensis – C. smaragdinus – C. souleana – C. splendidulus – C. suroia – C. tatsienluensis – C. tienmushanus – C. triloka – C. tytleri – C. uedai – C. vietnamicus – C. vittatus – C. wakaharai – C. watsoni – C. yingqii – C. yoshikoae – C. yuchingkinus – C. yunnanensis – C. zoa
Name

Chrysozephyrus Shirôzu et Yamamoto, 1956: 381.

Type species: Thecla smaragdina Bremer, 1861: 470; by original designation.

Chrysozephyrus nishikaze,Taiwan

References

Eliot, J. N. 1987. On some butterflies from Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand. Tyô to Ga 38(1): 21–29. PDF Reference page.
Fujioka, T. 2003. Descriptions of new species and new subspecies belonging to Tribe Theclini from Myanmar, Vietnam and west China. Gekkan-Mushi 384: 2–10. Reference page.
Fujioka, T., 2003. Notes on Theclini butterflies from Assam, Myanmar, Indochina, and south-west China, with descriptions of new subspecies (2). Gekkan-Mushi 392: 8–15. 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.
Hsu, Y.-F. 1999. On a continental subspecies of Chrysozephyrus rarasanus from China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 10(1): 39–41. Reference page.
Hsu, Y-F. 2018. A new species of Chrysozephyrus associated with Lithocarpus corneus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclini). Zootaxa 4377(1): 143–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.1.10. Reference page.
Hsu, Y.-F. & Liu, W.-P. 2002. On Photinia-associated Chrysozephyrus Hairstreaks, with Description of a New Species (Lepidoptera: Theclinae: Theclini). Zoological Studies 41(3): 263–270. PDF. Reference page.
Hsu, Y.F., Lo, Y.F.P. & Lin, R.J. 2021. On a New Insular Subspecies of Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Discovered from Hainan. Zootaxa 4908(1): 113–122. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.7. Paywall. Reference page.
Inomata, T., 2000. On the genus Favonius (s. str.) in the continental Asia. Gekkan-Mushi, (348): 18-22. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S. 2000. Descriptions of one new species and eight new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China. Gekkan-Mushi 348: 10–17, figs. 38-43. 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, 2000. Notes on Theclini (Lycaenidae) from North Kachin, Myanmar, with the descriptions of four new species and ten new subspecies. Notes on Eurasian Insects 3: 45-70. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S. 2002. Descriptions of seven new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China and Indo-China. Gekkan-Mushi 373: 5–14. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S. 2002. Descriptions of three new species and three new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China and Indo-China (2). Gekkan-Mushi 374: 5–12. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S. 2003. Notes on Theclini butterflies from Assam, Myanmar, Indochina and south west China, with descriptions of new subspecies (2). Gekkan-Mushi 392: 8–15. Reference page.
Morita, S., 1998. A new subspecies of Chrysozephyrus scintillans (Leech, 1893) from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Wallace 4 (2): 17–18. Reference page.
Morita, S. 2001. A new subspecies of Chrysozephyrus intermedius (Tytler, 1915) from Sapa, N. Vietnam (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae). Futao 36: 18–20. Reference page.
Morita, S., 2002. Three new subspecies of genus Chrysozephyrus (Shirozu & Yamamoto, 1956) from Sapa, N Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Futao 40: 6–8. Reference page.
Morita, S., 2003. Eight new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China and Vietnam. Futao 42: 8–13. Reference page.
Murayama, S., 1953. On some new Lycaenids from Japan (II). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 4 (2/3): 10–12. pdf. Reference page.
Shirôzu, T. & Yamamoto, H. 1956. a generic revision and the phylogeny of the Tribe Theclini (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera). Sieboldia 1(4): 329–421, pls 35–38. Reference page.
Sugiyama, H. 1992. New Butterflies from Western China (I). Pallarge 1: 1–19. Reference page.
Yoshino, K. 2001. Notes on Chrysozephyrus marginatus Howarth (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) and related species from China. Futao 38: 2–8. Reference page.

Vernacular names
日本語: メスアカミドリシジミ属
中文: 金灰蝶屬

Chrysozephyrus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They were formerly included in Thecla.[1] The genus is diverse and ranges from Russia to northern India.
Selected species

Chrysozephyrus ataxus – wonderful hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus ataxus lingi Okano & Okura, 1969
Chrysozephyrus birupa – fawn hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus brillantinus
Chrysozephyrus disparatus
Chrysozephyrus disparatus pseudotaiwanus (Howarth, 1957)
Chrysozephyrus duma – metallic green hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus esakii (Sonan, 1940)
Chrysozephyrus jakamensis – jakama hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus kabrua – Kabru hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus kabrua niitakanus (Kano, 1928)
Chrysozephyrus khasia – tailless metallic green hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus kirbariensis – Kirbari hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus kuromon (Sugiyama, 1994)
Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura, 1938)
Chrysozephyrus nishikaze (Araki & Sibatani, 1886)
Chrysozephyrus paona – Paona hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus rarasanus (Matsumura, 1939)
Chrysozephyrus smaragdinus
Chrysozephyrus splendidulus Murayama, 1965
Chrysozephyrus surioia – cerulean hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus syla – silver hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus vittata – Tytler's hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus yuchingkinus Murayama & Shimonoya, 1965
Chrysozephyrus zoa – powdered green hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus tytleri (Howarth, 1957) Manipur (Mt. Kabru), Vietnam

References

"Chrysozephyrus Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms