Howarthia

Howarthia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Howarthia
Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956

Howarthia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1] It is named after British entomologist Graham Howarth.[2]

Species

  • Howarthia caelestis (Leech, 1890)
  • Howarthia cheni Chou & Wang, 1997
  • Howarthia courvoisieri (Oberthür, 1908)
  • Howarthia hishikawai Koiwaya, 2000
  • Howarthia kimurai Koiwaya, 2002
  • Howarthia melli (Forster, 1940)
  • Howarthia nigricans (Leech, 1893)
  • Howarthia sakakibarai Koiwaya, 2002
  • Howarthia sugiyamai Koiwaya, 2002
  • Howarthia ueharai Koiwaya, 2002
  • Howarthia wakaharai Koiwaya, 2000
  • Howarthia watanabei Koiwaya, 1993
  • Howarthia yukinobui Koiwaya, 2002

References

  1. "Howarthia Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Graham Howarth: Entomologist who became a prisoner of the Japanese but was able to build a large collection of butterflies and moths". Independent. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-21.


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