Yamamotozephyrus

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: Yamamotozephyrus
Species: Y. kwangtungensis
Name

Yamamotozephyrus Saigusa, 1993.

Type species: Zephyrus kwangtungensis Forster, 1942: 579.
References

Forster, W., 1942. Neue Lycaeniden-Formen aus China III. Mitteilungen der Münchner entomologischen Gesellschaft 32: 579–580, pls 19-22. BHL. Reference page.
Saigusa, T., 1993. Taxonomy and evolution of the genus Japonica (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Japan. Gekkan-Mushi (267):4-14. Reference page.

Yamamotozephyrus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Yamamotozephyrus kwangtungensis.[1] There are three subspecies

Yamamotozephyrus kwangtungensis (Forster, 1942) China (Kwangtung)
Y. k. hainana (Koiwaya, 1993) Hainan
Y. k. mayhkaensis Watanabe, 2000 Myanmar

References

"Yamamotozephyrus Saigusa, 1993" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms