Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizula
Species: Zizula hylax
Subspecies: Z. h. attenuata – Z. h. dampierensis – Z. h. hylax – Z. h. pygmaea

Name

Zizula hylax Fabricius, 1775).

Type locality: India "Tranquebar".

Syntype: ♀ UZMC

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 

• Butler, A. G., 1900b. A revision of the butterflies of the genus Zizera represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 104 - 110, 1. pl.Reference page. 
• Chou Io (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. The identity of the Fabrician species Papilio sphinx and Papilio hylax. Entomologist 73: 275. Reference page. 

• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
• Guenée, A., 1863. Lépidoptères. in Maillard, L., 1862. Notes sur l'Isle de la Réunion (Bourbon), Pt. 2, Annexe G. Paris. 72pp.

• Larsen, T.B., 1996: The Butterflies of Kenya and Their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1–500. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.

• Matsumura, S., 1915. [Micronesian Butterflies]. [Japanese with English Résume] Ent. Mag. (Kyoto) 1(2): 67–68; (3): 93–96. Reference page. 

• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On the Lepidoptera in Tring museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands. Novitates Zoologicae. 22(2): 192–208; 22(3): 387–402. Reference page. 

• Saalmüller, M., 1884. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. 1. Abt. Rhopalocera; Heterocera: Sphinges et Bombyces. Frankfurt am Main, Senckenberg'sche naturforschende Gesellschaft, im Selbstverlag: 246pp., 6 pls. text pls; (1892, Reprint): Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 17. Reference page. 

• Trimen, R., 1862. On some new species of South African butterflies collected in British Kaffraria by W.S.M. D'Urban Esq., during 1860–1861. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)1(4): 398–406. BHL. Reference page. 

• Walker, F. 1870. A list of the butterflies collected by J.K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science. Entomologist 5: 48-57. Reference page. 

• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 

• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, 72 pls. (1982 Reprint). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Links

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