Neozephyrus

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: Neozephyrus
Species: (7) N. coruscans – N. dubernardi – N. helenae – N. japonicus – N. suroia – N. taiwanus – N. uedai
Source(s) of checklist:
per Koiwaya, 2007
Name

Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito, 1942.

Type species: Dipsas japonica Murray, 1874: 169.

References

Haruta, T., 1993: A new subspecies of Neozephyrus suroia (Tytler) from Nepal (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Tyô to Ga 44 (2): 55-59. Abstract and full article: [1]. Reference page.
Howarth, T. G., 1957. A revision of the genus Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 5(6): 233–272, 105 figs. BHL. Reference page.
Inomata, T., 2000. On the genus Favonius (s. str.) in the continental Asia. Gekkan-Mushi, (348): 18-22. 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., 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.
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.
Murray, Rev. R. P. 1874. Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera/Butterflies, with descriptions of new genera and species. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 11: 2-4, 166-172. Reference page.
Sibatani, A. & Ito, S., 1942. Beitrag zur Systematik der Theclinae im Kaiserreich Japan unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der sogenannten Gattung Zephyrus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tenthredo (3): 299-334. Reference page.

Vernacular names
日本語: ミドリシジミ属