List of butterflies of China (Lycaenidae)

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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]

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Lycaenidae

genus: Acupicta
genus: Acytolepis
A. p. myla(Fruhstorfer, 1909) Formosa
A. p. hermagoras(Fruhstorfer, 1910) Hainan
A. p. gisca (Fruhstorfer, 1910) South China
genus: Afarsia
A. s. haberhaueri (Staudinger, 1886) Tien-Shan
A. s. gorana(Tshikolovets, 1997) Tien-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. aphthoniusFruhstorfer, 1914 Yunnan
genus: Ahlbergia
A. p. pluto(Leech, 1893) Sichuan
A. p. cyanusJohnson, 1992 Yunnan
A. c. meridionalisHuang, 2003 Yunnan
A. l. lyndaJohnson, 1992 Sichuan
A. l. nidadanaHuang, 2003 Yunnan
genus: Allotinus
genus: Alpherakya
A. s. laziensis(Huang, 1998) Tibet
genus: Antigius
A. b. miniakongaYoshino, 1999 Sichuan
genus: Amblopala
A. a. avidiena(Hewitson, 1877) China
A. a. phereniceFruhstorfer, 1915 Sichuan
A. a. y-fasciata(Sonan) Taiwan
genus: Amblypodia
A. a. hainanaCrowley, 1900 Hainan
genus: Ancema
A. c. ctesia(Hewitson, 1865) West China
A. c. cakravasti(Fruhstorfer, 1909) Taiwan
A. b. blankade 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. zhejianganaTong, 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. scytissaNekrutenko, 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. leechiForster, 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. majorDruce, 1895
C. m. moltrechti(Wileman, 1908) Taiwan
genus: Celastrina
C. a. bieneriForster, 1941 Yunnan
C. g. fujianensisHuang, 1994 Fujian
C. o. baileyi Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Tibet
C. o. yunnanaEliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Yunnan
C. h. hersilia(Leech, [1893]) China
genus: Celatoxia
C. m. marginata(de Nicéville, [1884]) Yunnan, Formosa
genus: Charana
genus: Cheritrella
genus: Chilades
C. l. lajus(Stoll, [1780]) Hong Kong, Hainan
genus: Chliaria
C. k. kina(Hewitson, 1869)
C. o. othonaHewitson, 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. hainanensisWang & Gu, 1997 Hainan
C. k. niitakanus(Kano, 1928) Taiwan
C. k. neidhoeferi Shimonoya & Murayama, 1971 Taiwan
C. k. kongaYoshino, 1999 Sichuan
C. d. desgodinsi(Oberthür, 1886) West China, Szechwan, Yunnan
C. d. disparatusHowarth 1957
C. d. pseudotaiwanusHowarth 1957
C. d. hainanusWang & Gu, 1997 Hainan
C. m. rileyi(Forster, 1940) West China, Jiangxi
C. s. meiliYoshino, 1999 Yunnan
C. m. mushaellusMatsumura, 1938
C. h. splendidulusMurayama, 1965 Formosa
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. doxaEvans, 1954 Hainan
C. a. acutaMoore, 1877 China
C. a. dentataMoore, 1879 South China, West China
C. a. dentaEvans, 1954 Hainan
genus: Cyaniris
C. s. altaianaTutt, 1909 Tian Shan
C. s. amurensisTutt, 1909 Amur, Ussuri
genus: Dacalana
genus: Deudorix
D. e. menesiclesFruhstorfer, 1912 Taiwan
genus: Discolampa
D. e. ethion(Westwood, 1851) Hainan
genus: Esakiozephyrus
E. i. setschuanica(Riley, 1939) Szechwan
E. i. dimuwa(Yoshino, 1995) Yunnan
E. i. paiensisHuang, 2000 Tibet
E. b. bieti(Oberthür, 1886) Tibet
E. b. takanamii(Huang, 2000) Yunnan
E. b. mangkangensisHuang, 2001 East Tibet
E. m. majorHuang, 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. mekongYoshino, 1999 Yunnan
genus: Heliophorus
H. e. latilimbataEliot, 1963 South Yunnan
H. e. phoenicoparyphus(Holland, 1887) Hainan
H. i. chinensis(Fruhstorfer, 1908) West China
H. i. uriusEliot, 1963 South Yunnan
H. b. mogokaEvans, 1932 Yunnan
H. a. androcles(Westwood, 1851) West China
H. a. trilunulataHuang, 1999 Tibet
H. a. rubidaRiley, 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. moltrechtiMatsumura, 1919 Taiwan, Hong Kong
H. a. triumphalis Murayama & Sibatani, 1943 Taiwan
genus: Howarthia
H. c. elegansSugiyama, 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. bochusYunnan
J. b. plato(Fabricius, 1793) China
J. c. aelianus(Fabricius, 1793) Yunnan
J. a. alocinaSwinhoe, 1915 South China
genus: Japonica
J. s. takenakakazuoi Fujioka, 1993 Central China
J. l. dubatoloviFujioka, 1993 Northeast China
J. l. adusta(Riley, 1939) Sichuan, Tibet
J. l. tatsienluica(Riley, 1939) Szechuan
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. hainanensisGu & Wang, 1997 Hainan
genus: Logania
genus: Loxura
L. a. continentalisFruhstorfer, 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. aurataLeech, 1887 Amur, Ussuri
L. a. naryna (Oberthür, 1910) Tian Shan
L. a. acutipennisChou & Zhang, 1994 Xinjiang
L. t. jiadengyuensis(Huang & Murayama, 1992) Xinjiang (Altai)
L. s. fulminans (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Tian Shan
L. m. margelanicaStaudinger, 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. hainaniBethune-Baker, 1903 South China, Hainan, Taiwan
genus: Maneca
M. b. unnanensisYoshino, 2001 Yunnan
genus: Megisba
M. m. sikkimaMoore, 1884 South Yunnan
genus: Miletus
M. c. chinensisC. Felder, 1862 Yunnan, Southeast China, Hainan
M. m. gethusus(Fruhstorfer, 1915) South Yunnan
Miletus archilochus archilochus(Fruhstorfer, 1913) Yunnan
M. a. guangxiensisLi, 1994 Guangxi
genus: Monodontides
Monodontides musina musinoides (Swinhoe, 1910)
genus: Mota
genus: Nacaduba
N. p. continentalisFruhstorfer, 1916 West China
N. p. hainaniBethune-Baker, 1914 Taiwan, Hainan
N. b. leeiHsu, 1990 Taiwan
N. k. eupleaFruhstorfer, 1916 South China
N. k. therasiaFruhstorfer, 1916 Taiwan
N. b. beroe(C. & R. Felder, [1865])
N. b. asakusaFruhstorfer, 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) 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. fulgensDoherty, 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. coreanusTutt, 1909 Amur, Ussuri
P. p. sinicus (Forster, 1936) Sichuan
P. c. nanshanica(Forster, 1936) Kansu
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) Kansu, 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. candidusZhdanko, 2000 Tian Shan
P. i. omelkoiDubatolov & Korshunov, 1995 Amur, Ussuri
P. i. napaea(Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) Tian Shan
P. k. turanicusHeyne, [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. extensaEvans, 1925 Yunnan
P. d. devulaCorbet, 1942 Hong Kong
genus: Prosotas
P. n. nora(Felder, 1860) Yunnan
P. n. formosana(Fruhstorfer, 1916) Taiwan
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. rantaSwinhoe, 1897 Tibet
R. m. haniaeHuang, 2001 Yunnan
genus: Ravenna
R. n. nivea(Nire, 1920) Taiwan
R. n. howarthiSaigusa, 1993 Fujian
R. n. koiwayaiYoshino, 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. zhejianganumTong, 1994 Zhejiang
S. o. oenoneLeech, [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) Tan Shan
S. o. jezoensis(Matsumura, 1919) Amur, Ussuri
S. t. pauperSugiyama, 1994
genus: Shaanxiana
genus: Shijimia
S. m. moorei South Yunnan
S. m. taiwanaMatsumura Formosa
genus: Shirozua
genus: Sibataniozephyrus
genus: Sinia
S. l. honei(Forster, 1940) West China, Tibet
S. l. pomenaHuang, 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. malcolmiRiley & Godfrey Hainan
T. c. maxentiusFruhstorfer, 1912
T. d. karenkonisMatsumura, 1929 Taiwan
T. i. illurgis(Hewitson, 1869) Yunnan
T. i. tattaka(Araki, 1949) Taiwan
T. l. luculentus(Leech, 1890) West China
T. l. taoranaCorbet, 1940
genus: Taraka
T. h. mendesiaFruhstorfer, 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. crassaLeech, 1894 Ussuri
T. b. elwesiLeech, 1890 West China, Central China
T. b. yiliguozigounaeHuang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang
genus: Thermozephyrus
T. a. zulla(Tytler, 1915) West China
genus: Ticherra
T. a. retractaCowan, 1967 Hainan
genus: Tomares
genus: Tongeia
T. f. deaZhdanko, 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
  • Una usta (Distant, 1886) Hainan, South Yunnan
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. atrinotataFruhstorfer, 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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