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List of butterflies of China (Lycaenidae)

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Chrysozephyrus nishikaze

This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 428 species or subspecies of Lycaenidae are recorded from China.[1]

Lycaenidae

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genus: Acupicta
genus: Acytolepis
A. p. myla (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Taiwan
A. p. hermagoras (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Hainan
A. p. gisca (Fruhstorfer, 1910) South China
genus: Afarsia
A. s. haberhaueri (Staudinger, 1886) Tian Shan
A. s. gorana (Tshikolovets, 1997) Tian Shan
genus: Agriades
A. o. luxurians (Forster, 1940) Yunnan
A. o. tatsienluica (Oberthür, 1910) Tibet
A. o. major (Evans, 1915) Tibet
A. o. pheretimus (Staudinger, 1892) Northwest China
A. o. shanxiensis Murayama, 1983 Shanxi
A. o. tyrone (Forster, 1940) Gansu
A. o. sajana (Heyne, 1895)
A. o. qinlingensis (Wang, 1998) Qinling Mountains
A. o. tibetana (D'Abrera, 1993) Tibet
A. o. demulaensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet
A. o. dongdalaensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet
A. o. litangensis (Huang, 2001) Sichuan
genus: Allotinus
A. d. aphthonius Fruhstorfer, 1914 Yunnan
genus: Ahlbergia
A. p. pluto (Leech, 1893) Sichuan
A. p. cyanusJohnson, 1992 Yunnan
A. c. meridionalis Huang, 2003 Yunnan
A. l. lynda Johnson, 1992 Sichuan
A. l. nidadana Huang, 2003 Yunnan
genus: Allotinus
genus: Alpherakya
A. s. laziensis (Huang, 1998) Tibet
genus: Antigius
A. b. miniakonga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan
genus: Amblopala
A. a. avidiena (Hewitson, 1877)
A. a. pherenice Fruhstorfer, 1915 Sichuan
A. a. y-fasciata (Sonan) Taiwan
genus: Amblypodia
A. a. hainana Crowley, 1900 Hainan
genus: Ancema
A. c. ctesia (Hewitson, 1865) West China
A. c. cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Taiwan
A. b. blanka de Nicéville, 1894)
genus: Anthene
A. e. emolus (Godart, [1824]) South China, Hainan, South Yunnan
A. e. goberus (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Hainan
A. l. lycambes (Hewitson, 1878) South Yunnan
genus: Araotes
genus: Araragi
A. e. entheoides (Oberthür, 1914) Sichuan
A. s. zhejiangana Tong, 1994 Zhejiang
genus: Arhopala
A. j. kotoshona (Sonan, 1947) Taiwan
A. c. nakula (C. & R. Felder, 1860) Hainan, Yunnan
A. c. pirithous (Moore, [1884]) South China
A. r. rama (Kollar, [1844]) Yunnan
A. b. teesta (de Nicéville, 1886) West China
A. g. seminigra (Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan
A. a. bowringi (Evans, 1957) Hainan
A. p. paraganesa (de Nicéville, 1882)
A. b. birmana (Moore, [1884]) Hong Kong
A. b. asakurae (Matsumura, 1910) Taiwan
genus: Aricia
A. a. scytissa Nekrutenko, 1985 Tian Shan
A. a. allous (Geyer, [1834-1836])
genus: Athamanthia
genus: Artipe
A. e. eryx (Linnaeus, 1771) South China
A. e. horiella (Matsumura, 1929) Taiwan
genus: Artopoetes
genus: Bindahara
genus: Bothrinia
B. n. nebulosa (Leech, 1890) West China, Central China
B. n. leechi Forster, 1941 Sichuan
genus: Caerulea
genus: Caleta
C. e. noliteia (Fruhstorfer, 1918) South Yunnan, Hainan
C. r. roxana (de Nicéville, 1897) Yunnan
genus: Callophrys
genus: Castalius
genus: Catochrysops
C. p. exiguus (Distant, 1886) Taiwan, South Yunnan
genus: Catapaecilma
C. m. major Druce, 1895
C. m. moltrechti (Wileman, 1908) Taiwan
genus: Celastrina
C. a. bieneri Forster, 1941 Yunnan
C. g. fujianensis Huang, 1994 Fujian
C. o. baileyi Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Tibet
C. o. yunnana Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Yunnan
C. h. hersilia (Leech, [1893]) China
genus: Celatoxia
C. m. marginata (de Nicéville, [1884]) Yunnan, Taiwan
genus: Charana
genus: Cheritrella
genus: Chilades
C. l. lajus (Stoll, [1780]) Hong Kong, Hainan
genus: Chliaria
C. k. kina (Hewitson, 1869)
C. o. othona Hewitson, 1869
genus: Chrysozephyrus
C. s. smaragdinus (Bremer, 1861) Shaanxi, Sichuan
C. s. yunnanensis (Howarth, 1957) Yunnan
C. b. brillantinus (Staudinger, 1887) Northeast China
C. s. choui ( Tong, 1994 Zhejiang
C. s. hainanensis Wang & Gu, 1997 Hainan
C. k. niitakanus (Kano, 1928) Taiwan
C. k. neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
C. k. konga Yoshino, 1999 Sichuan
C. d. desgodinsi (Oberthür, 1886) West China, Sichuan, Yunnan
C. d. disparatus Howarth 1957
C. d. pseudotaiwanus Howarth 1957
C. d. hainanus Wang & Gu, 1997 Hainan
C. m. rileyi (Forster, 1940) West China, Jiangxi
C. s. meili Yoshino, 1999 Yunnan
C. m. mushaellus Matsumura, 1938
C. h. splendidulus Murayama, 1965 Taiwan
C. d. pseudotaiwanus (Howarth, 1957)
genus: Cigaritis
C. n. batina (Fruhstorfer, [1912]) Yunnan
C. s. sepulveda (Fruhstorfer, 1912) West China, Central China
C. s. peguanus (Moore, 1884) Yunnan
C. s. hainana (Eliot) Hainan
C. z. chayuensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet
genus: Cissatsuma
genus: Cordelia
C . c. comes (Leech, 1890) West China, Central China
C. c. wilemaniella (Matsumura, 1929) Taiwan
genus: Coreana
genus: Creon
genus: Cupido
C. a. hellotia (Ménétriés, 1857) Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, North China (Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi), Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Fujian, Hunan
C. a. merisina (Lorkovic, 1943) Guangdong
C. a. tibetanus (Lorkovic, 1943) Yunnan
C. a. nujiangensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet
C. a. chayuensis (Huang, 2001) Tibet
genus: Curetis
C. b. doxa Evans, 1954 Hainan
C. a. acuta Moore, 1877 China
C. a. dentata Moore, 1879 South China, West China
C. a. denta Evans, 1954 Hainan
genus: Cyaniris
C. s. altaiana Tutt, 1909 Tian Shan
C. s. amurensis Tutt, 1909 Amur, Ussuri
genus: Dacalana
genus: Deudorix
D. e. menesicles Fruhstorfer, 1912 Taiwan
genus: Discolampa
D. e. ethion (Westwood, 1851) Hainan
genus: Esakiozephyrus
E. i. setschuanica (Riley, 1939) Sichuan
E. i. dimuwa (Yoshino, 1995) Yunnan
E. i. paiensis Huang, 2000 Tibet
E. b. bieti (Oberthür, 1886) Tibet
E. b. takanamii (Huang, 2000) Yunnan
E. b. mangkangensis Huang, 2001 East Tibet
E. m. major Huang, 1998 Tibet
genus: Euaspa
genus: Euchrysops
genus: Eumedonia
E. e. ambigua (Staudinger, 1899) Tian Shan
genus: Famegana
F. a. eggletoni (Corbet, 1941) Hong Kong
genus: Favonius
genus: Flos
genus: Freyeria
genus: Glabroculus
genus: Glaucopsyche
G. a. alexis (Poda, 1761) Tian Shan
G. l. lycormas (Butler, 1866) Northeast China
genus: Gonerilia
G. s. seraphim (Oberthür, 1886) Sichuan
G. s. mekong Yoshino, 1999 Yunnan
genus: Heliophorus
H. e. latilimbata Eliot, 1963 South Yunnan
H. e. phoenicoparyphus (Holland, 1887) Hainan
H. i. chinensis (Fruhstorfer, 1908) West China
H. i. urius Eliot, 1963 South Yunnan
H. b. mogoka Evans, 1932 Yunnan
H. a. androcles (Westwood, 1851) West China
H. a. trilunulata Huang, 1999 Tibet
H. a. rubida Riley, 1929 Yunnan
H. v. viridipunctata (de Nicéville, 1890) West China
H. v. naxi Yoshino, 1997 Yunnan
H. m. moorei (Hewitson, 1865) Tibet
genus: Horaga
H. o. moltrechti Matsumura, 1919 Taiwan, Hong Kong
H. a. triumphali s Murayama & Sibatani, 1943 Taiwan
genus: Howarthia
H. c. elegans Sugiyama, 1997 West China
genus: Hypolycaena
H. e. himavantusFruhstorfer, 1912 South Yunnan
genus: Iolana
genus: Ionolyce
genus: Iraota
I. t. timoleon(Stoll, [1790]) South China
genus: Iratsume
I. o. suzukii (Sonan, 1940) Taiwan
genus: Jacoona
genus: Jamides
J. b. bochus Yunnan
J. b. plato (Fabricius, 1793) China
J. c. aelianus (Fabricius, 1793) Yunnan
J. a. alocina Swinhoe, 1915 South China
genus: Japonica
J. s. takenakakazuoi Fujioka, 1993 Central China
J. l. dubatolovi Fujioka, 1993 Northeast China
J. l. adusta (Riley, 1939) Sichuan, Tibet
J. l. tatsienluica (Riley, 1939) Sichuan
J. l. patungkoanui Murayama, 1956 Taiwan
genus: Kretania
genus: Lampides
genus: Leptotes
genus: Lestranicus
genus: Leucantigius
L. a. atayalica (Shirôzu & Murayama, 1943) Taiwan
L. a. unicolor Saigusa, 1993 Fujian
L. a. hainanensis Gu & Wang, 1997 Hainan
genus: Logania
genus: Loxura
L. a. continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1912 South China, Hainan, South Yunnan
genus: Luthrodes
L. p. pandava (Horsfield, [1829]) Taiwan
genus: Lycaena
L. p. hypophlaeas (Boisduval, 1852) Ussuri
L. p. chinensis (Felder, 1862) South Ussuri
L. p. flavens (Ford, 1924) Tibet
L. h. phintonis (Fruhstorfer, 1910) Amur
L. d. rutila (Werneburg, 1864) Tian Shan
L. d. aurata Leech, 1887 Amur, Ussuri
L. a. naryna (Oberthür, 1910) Tian Shan
L. a. acutipennis Chou & Zhang, 1994 Xinjiang
L. t. jiadengyuensis (Huang & Murayama, 1992) Xinjiang (Altai)
L. s. fulminans (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Tian Shan
L. m. margelanica Staudinger, 1881 Tian Shan
L. v. virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758) Altai
L. v. virgaureola (Staudinger, 1892) Amur, Ussuri
L. h. amurensis (Staudinger, 1892) Amur, Ussuri
genus: Mahathala
M. a. ameria (Hewitson, 1862) Chang Yang
M. a. hainani Bethune-Baker, 1903 South China, Hainan, Taiwan
genus: Maneca
M. b. unnanensis Yoshino, 2001 Yunnan
genus: Megisba
M. m. sikkima Moore, 1884 South Yunnan
genus: Miletus
M. c. chinensis C. Felder, 1862 Yunnan, Southeast China, Hainan
M. m. gethusus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) South Yunnan
Miletus archilochus archilochus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) Yunnan
M. a. guangxiensis Li, 1994 Guangxi
genus: Monodontides
Monodontides musina musinoides (Swinhoe, 1910)
genus: Mota
genus: Nacaduba
N. p. continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1916 West China
N. p. hainani Bethune-Baker, 1914 Taiwan, Hainan
N. b. leei Hsu, 1990 Taiwan
N. k. euplea Fruhstorfer, 1916 South China
N. k. therasia Fruhstorfer, 1916 Taiwan
N. b. beroe (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
N. b. asakusa Fruhstorfer, 1916 Taiwan
genus: Neolycaena
N. d. davidi (Oberthür, 1881) Northeast China
N. d. tangutica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Tibet
genus: Neopithecops
N. z. zalmora (Butler, [1870])
genus: Neozephyrus
N. j. regina (Butler, [1882]) Amur, Ussuri
genus: Niphanda
N. f. fusca (Bremer & Grey, 1853) Amur, Ussuri, Northeast China
N. a. marcia (Fawcett, 1904) Yunnan
genus: Novosatsuma
genus: Orthomiella
O. p. rovorea (Fruhstorfer, 1918) Yunnan
genus: Palaeophilotes
genus: Pamiria
genus: Patricius
P. l. selengensis (Forster, 1940)
genus: Petrelaea
genus: Phengaris
P. a. formosana (Matsumura) Taiwan (i.e., Formosa)
P. a. juenana (Forster, 1940) Yunnan
P. a. lampra (Röber, 1926) Yunnan
P. a. xiaheana (Murayama, 1991) Gansu
P. a. inferna (Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994) Sichuan
P. c. ussuriensis (Sheljuzhko, 1928) Amur, Ussuri
P. c. obscurior (Staudinger, 1901) Tian Shan
P. a. arionides (Staudinger, 1887) Amur, Ussuri
P. r. imitator (Tuzov, 2000) North Tian Shan
P. r. kondakovi (Kurentzov, 1970) Amur, Ussuri, Northeast China
P. t. euphemia (Staudinger, 1887) Amur, Ussuri
P. t. chosensis (Matsumura, 1927) South Ussuri
P. t. sinalcon (Murayama, 1992) China
P. k. kurentzovi (Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994) Amur, Ussuri
P. a. alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
genus: Pithecops
P. f. fulgens Doherty, 1889 China
P. f. urai Bethune-Baker, 1913 Taiwan
P. c. correctus Cowan, 1965 South Yunnan
genus: Plebejus
P. a. wolgensis (Forster, 1936) Tian Shan
P. a. clarasiaticus (Verity, 1931) Amur
P. a. coreanus Tutt, 1909 Amur, Ussuri
P. p. sinicus (Forster, 1936) Sichuan
P. c. nanshanica (Forster, 1936) Gansu
P. i. tshimganus (Forster, 1936) Tian Shan
P. c. aegina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Tian Shan
P. s. subsolanus (Eversmann, 1851) Amur, Ussuri
P. s. sifanica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Gansu, Tibet
P. c. tancrei (Graeser, 1888) Amur, Ussuri
P. m. planorum (Alphéraky, 1881)
genus: Polyommatus
P. a. praeactinides (Forster, 1960) Tian Shan
P. t. orientis (Sheljuzhko, 1928) Tian Shan
P. r. colemani (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002) Tian Shan
P. r. sarkani (Lukhtanov & Dantchenko, 2002) West China
P. j. juldusa (Staudinger, 1886) Tian Shan
P. v. wiskotti (Courvoisier, 1911) Tian Shan
P. v. lama (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Amdo
P. v. sinina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Kuku-Noor
P. a. turensis (Heyne, 1895) Tian Shan
P. a. amurensis (Staudinger, 1892) Amur, Ussuri
P. i. candidus Zhdanko, 2000 Tian Shan
P. i. omelkoi Dubatolov & Korshunov, 1995 Amur, Ussuri
P. i. napaea (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Tian Shan
P. k. turanicus Heyne, [1895] Tian Shan
P. e. gansuensisMurayama
P. k. rueckbeili (Forster, 1960)
genus: Porites
genus: Pratapa
P. i. icetas (Hewitson, 1865) West China, Tibet
P. i. extensa Evans, 1925 Yunnan
P. d. devula Corbet, 1942 Hong Kong
genus: Prosotas
P. n. nora (Felder, 1860) Yunnan
P. n. formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Taiwan (i.e., Formosa)
P. n. ardates (Moore, 1874) Yunnan
genus: Protantigius
genus: Pseudozizeeria
P. m. maha (Kollar, [1844]) South China
P. m. diluta (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) Yunnan
genus: Qinorapala
genus: Rapala
R. v. orseis (Hewitson, 1863) Yunnan
R. n. ranta Swinhoe, 1897 Tibet
R. m. haniae Huang, 2001 Yunnan
genus: Ravenna
R. n. nivea (Nire, 1920) Taiwan
R. n. howarthi Saigusa, 1993 Fujian
R. n. koiwayai Yoshino, 1997 Sichuan
genus: Remelana
R. j. ravata (Moore, [1866]) South Yunnan
R. j. mudra (Fruhstorfer, 1907) Hong Kong
R. j. hainanensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1922) Hainan
genus: Rimisia
genus: Saigusaozephyrus
genus: Satyrium
S. p. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1919) Amur, Ussuri
S. w. sutchani Tutt, 1907 Amur, Ussuri
S. e. eximia (Fixsen, 1887) Ussuri
S. e. zhejianganum Tong, 1994 Zhejiang
S. o. oenone Leech, [1893] West China, Tibet
S. o. minyonensis (Yoshino, 1999) North Yunnan
S. o. benzilanensis (Yoshino, 1999) Sichuan
genus: Scolitantides
S. o. orion (Pallas, 1771)
S. o. johanseni (Wnukowsky, 1934) Tian Shan
S. o. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1919) Amur, Ussuri
S. t. pauper Sugiyama, 1994
genus: Shaanxiana
genus: Shijimia
S. m. moorei South Yunnan
S. m. taiwana Matsumura Taiwan
genus: Shirozua
genus: Sibataniozephyrus
genus: Sinia
S. l. honei (Forster, 1940) West China, Tibet
S. l. pomena Huang, 1998 West Tibet, Southeast Tibet
genus: Sinocupido
genus: Sinthusa
S. c. chandrana (Moore, 1882) West China
S. c. grotei (Moore, [1884]) Yunnan
genus: Spalgis
S. e. epius (Westwood, 1852) South Yunnan
S. e. dilama (Moore, 1878) Taiwan
genus: Subsolanoides
genus: Surendra
S. q. quercetorum (Moore, [1858]) South Yunnan
genus: Tajuria
T.c. malcolmi Riley & Godfrey Hainan
T. c. maxentius Fruhstorfer, 1912
T. d. karenkonis Matsumura, 1929 Taiwan
T. i. illurgis (Hewitson, 1869) Yunnan
T. i. tattaka (Araki, 1949) Taiwan
T. l. luculentus (Leech, 1890) West China
T. l. taorana Corbet, 1940
genus: Taraka
T. h. mendesia Fruhstorfer, 1918 Yunnan
genus: Tarucus
genus: Teratozephyrus
T. a. arisanus (Wileman, 1909) Taiwan
T. a. picquenardi (Oberthür, 1914) Yunnan
T. h. hecale (Leech, 1894) West China, Tibet
T. h. yugaii (Kano, 1928) Taiwan
genus: Thaduka
genus: Thecla
T. b. betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) Amur, Ussuri
T. b. crassa Leech, 1894 Ussuri
T. b. elwesi Leech, 1890 West China, Central China
T. b. yiliguozigounae Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang
genus: Thermozephyrus
T. a. zulla (Tytler, 1915) West China
genus: Ticherra
T. a. retracta Cowan, 1967 Hainan
genus: Tomares
genus: Tongeia
T. f. dea Zhdanko, 2000Amur
T. i. ion (Leech, 1891) Sichuan, Yunnan
T. i. cratylus (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
T. i. cellariusi (Bollow, 1930) Gansu (Qinling Mountains)
T. p. potanini (Alphéraky, 1889) South China, Central China, Tibet
genus: Udara
U. d. dilectus (Moore, 1879) West China, Central China
U. a. albocaerulea (Moore, 1879) Yunnan
U. a. sauteri (Fruhstorfer, 1917) Taiwan
genus: Una
  • Una usta (Distant, 1886) Hainan, South Yunnan
genus: Ussuriana
U. m. michaelis (Oberthür, 1880) Ussuri, Northeast China
genus: Wagimo
W. s. quercivora (Staudinger, 1887) Ussuri
genus: Yamamotozephyrus
Y. k. hainana (Koiwaya, 1993) Hainan
genus: Yasoda
Y. t. tripunctata (Hewitson, 1863) South Yunnan
Y. t. atrinotata Fruhstorfer, 1912 South China
genus: Zeltus
Z. a. amasa (Hewitson, 1865) South Yunnan
genus: Zinaspa
Z. t. karennia (Evans, 1925) Yunnan
genus: Zizeeria
Z. k. serica (Felder, 1862) Hong Kong
genus: Zizina
genus: Zizula
Z. h. hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

References

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  1. ^ Wu Chunsheng, 2010 China Checklist of Lepodoptera, In the Biodiversity Committee of Chinese Academy of Sciences ed., Catalogue of Life China: 2014 Annual Checklist, Science Press, Beijing, China
  • Chou, I0 (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. (in Chinese). ISBN 7-5349-1574-0. Lists species plus new distribution records for China. New species descriptions are noted in English. Colour photographs of the species treated, with accompanying Chinese text.
  • Full list references.
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