Euaspa is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1] They are found in the Indomalayan realm ranging from the Himalayas to Vietnam. They feed on oaks (Quercus spp.).
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Euaspa pavo figure 11 | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Theclini |
Genus: | Euaspa Moore, 1884 |
![Euaspa ziha figs. 4 (male) and 5 (female)](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Illustrations_of_diurnal_Lepidoptera_26.jpg/170px-Illustrations_of_diurnal_Lepidoptera_26.jpg)
![Euaspa forsteri](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Forsteri_as_ataxus_inForster1940.jpg/170px-Forsteri_as_ataxus_inForster1940.jpg)
![Euaspa pavo](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/PavoDeNiceville1887OD.jpg/170px-PavoDeNiceville1887OD.jpg)
Species
edit- Euaspa ziha (Hewitson, 1865) – white-spotted hairstreak Himalayas
- Euaspa milionia (Hewitson, 1869) – water hairstreak
- Euaspa forsteri (Esaki & Shirôzu, 1943) Taiwan and (E. f. ueharai) Laos
- Euaspa tayal (Esaki & Shirôzu, 1943) Taiwan
- Euaspa pavo (de Nicéville, 1887) – peacock hairstreak North India, Bhutan, Assam, Laos, Myanmar
- Euaspa hishikawai Koiwaya, 2002 Laos
- Euaspa mikamii Koiwaya, 2002 Northeast India
- Euaspa minaei Monastryskii & Devyatkin, 2003 Vietnam
- Euaspa miyashitai Koiwaya, 2002 Northeast India
- Euaspa motokii Koiwaya, 2002 Myanmar
- Euaspa nishimurai Koiwaya, 2002 Vietnam
- Euaspa nosei Koiwaya, 2002 Myanmar
- Euaspa uedai Koiwaya, 2014 China (Sichuan)[2]
- Euaspa zhengi Huang, 2016 China (Xizang Autonomous Region)[2]
References
edit- ^ "Euaspa Moore, 1884" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b Huang, Hao (July 2016). "New or little known butterflies from China - 2 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae)" (PDF). Atalanta. 47 (1–2). Deutschen Forschungszentrale für Schmetterlingswanderungen: 163. Retrieved 8 September 2022.