Thymelicus leoninus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Thymelicina
Genus: Thymelicus
Species: Thymelicus leonina
Subspecies: T. l. hamadakohi – T. l. kushana – T. l. leonina – T. l. tatsia

Name

Thymelicus leonina Butler, 1878.

Type Locality: Japan.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Pamphila leonina Butler, 1878: 286.
  • Thymelicus leonina leonina (Butler); Evanes, 1949: 346.
  • Thymelicus leoninus Butler (sic); Yokoyama & Wakabayashi, 1970: 113, Figs. 181a-c.

References

  • Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
  • Fujioka, T. 1993. Rare, local and little known butterflies from Japan (5). A new subspecies of Thymelicus leoninus from a localized area of Shikoku. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 6: 3–10. Reference page. 
  • Yokoyama, M. & Wakabayashi, M., 1970. Coloured Illustrations of the Butterflies of Japan Hoikusha Publishing Co. Ltd, Osaka.178pp, 74 pls. Reference page. 
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