Thymelicus leonina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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

Thymelicus leonina Butler, 1878.

Type Locality: Japan.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Pamphila leonina Butler, 1878: 286.
Thymelicus leonina leonina (Butler); Evans, 1949: 346; Bridges, 1994ː VIII.122, IX.70.
Thymelicus leoninus Butler (sic); Yokoyama & Wakabayashi, 1970: 113, Figs. 181a-c.

Butler, A.G., 1878. On some Butterflies recently sent home from Japan by Mr. Montague Fenton. Cistula Entomologica 2: 281-286. Reference page.
Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page.
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.