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Famegana alsulus taiwana (Sonan, 1938:254)

Taiwan black-spotted grass blue, Black star kyi blue butterfly, Black star kyi lycaenidae

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Zizera taiwana Sonan, 1938:254 (original combination)

 

Invalid (synonym of Famegana nisa) (Hsu, 2020)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of Famegana nisa) (Hsu, 2020). Formerly considered missing.

 

Distribution

Taiwan (=Formosa)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Sonan, J. (1938). Notes on some butterflies from Formosa (5). Zephyrus 7: 250-275, 1 pl. [In Japanese]

 

Other references:

Hsu, Yu-Feng. (2020). The identity of Alfred Wallace’s mysterious butterfly taxon Lycaena nisa solved: Famegana nisa comb. nov., a senior synonym of F. alsulus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). ZooKeys 966: 153-162. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.966.51921

 

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