Howarthia melli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
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: Howarthia
Species: Howarthia melli
Subspecies: H. m. fujiokai – H. m. melli

Name

Howarthia melli Forster, 1940.

Type locality: China, Kwangtung, Tsha-yuen-shan ("Tsha-jiu-shan").

Holotype: ♂ ZMB, 26.VII.1911. S.V. Mell.

Synonymy

  • Zephyrus melli Forster, 1940 (in part)
  • Howarthia melli Koiwaya, 1993 (sensu Forster 1940)
  • Howarthia melli melli Koiwaya, 2000 (in part)
  • Howarthia cheni Wang & Fang, 2002 (in part)

References

  • Hsu, Y.-F., Dongsun, D., Yen, S.-H. & Qian, Z. 2004. Systematic problems surrounding Howarthia melli (Forster) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae), with description of a new species and a review of Rhododendron-assiciation in Lycaenid butterflies. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(4): 653–666. 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., 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. 
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