Ussuriana Explained

Ussuriana is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. There are at least four described species in Ussuriana, found in the eastern Palearctic.

Species

These four species belong to the genus Ussuriana, although the genus classification of Ussuriana igarashii has been questioned.

• Ussuriana fani Koiwaya, 1993 – China
  • Ussuriana fani zihaoi Huang, 2016 – China^[1]
• Ussuriana michaelis (Oberthür, 1881) – eastern Asia
• Ussuriana stygiana (Butler, 1881) – Japan
• Ussuriana igarashii Wang & Owada, 2009 – China

Notes and References

1. Huang . Hao . New or little known butterflies from China - 2 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae) . Atalanta . July 2016 . 47 . 1–2 . 163 . 8 September 2022 . Deutschen Forschungszentrale für Schmetterlingswanderungen.