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Celastrina sugitanii

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Celastrina sugitanii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Celastrina
Species:
C. sugitanii
Binomial name
Celastrina sugitanii
Mastumura, 1919
Synonyms
  • Lycaena sugitanii

Celastrina sugitanii is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae that is native to Japan and Taiwan.

Taxonomy

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There are 5 recognised subspecies:[1]

  • Celastrina sugitanii ainonica Murayama, 1952
  • Celastrina sugitanii kyushuensis Shirôzu, 1948
  • Celastrina sugitanii leei Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
  • Celastrina sugitanii shirozui Hsu, 1987[2]
  • Celastrina sugitanii sugitanii Mastumura, 1919

References

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  1. ^ Khramov, Peter. "Celastrina sugitanii".
  2. ^ Hsu, Yu Feng (1987). "New Subspecies of Celastrina sugitanii MATSUMURA from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 38.