Shirozua

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Shirozua
Species: S. jonasi – S. melpomene
Name

Shirozua Sibatani & Ito, 1942: 322.

Type species: Thecla jonasi Janson, 1877: 157.
References

Fujioka, T., 1994. Zephyrus (Theclini butterflies) in the world (7). Genera Thecla, Shirozua and Wagimo. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 9: 3–18. 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.
Janson, O.E., [1877]. Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera, with descriptions of new species. Cistula Entomologica 2(16): 153–160. BHL. 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.

Shirozua is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1]
Species

Shirozua jonasi (Janson, 1877) Amur Oblast, Ussuri, northeastern China, Korea, Japan
Shirozua melpomene (Leech, 1890) western China

References

"Shirozua Sibatani & Ito, 1942" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

External links

Images representing Shirozua at Consortium for the Barcode of Life