List of butterflies of China (Lycaenidae) explained

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

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

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)

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Notes and References

  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