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Issue: Vol. 4908 No. 1: 13 Jan. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-01-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.1.7
Page range: 113–122
Abstract views: 137
PDF downloaded: 10

On a New Insular Subspecies of Chrysozephyrus mushaellus (Matsumura) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Discovered from Hainan

Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 116, R. O. C.
Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 116, R. O. C.
Lepidoptera Zephyrus hairstreak Theclinae Theclina Lithocarpus-feeder

Abstract

Chrysozephyrus mushaellus paolongkoui, ssp. nov. is described and illustrated from Hainan island of southern China. This new subspecies possesses diagnosable characters different from previously recognized subspecies of C. mushaellus in wing marking and genitalia of both sexes. It utilizes Lithocarpus litseifolius (Fagaceae) as the larval hostplant.

 

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