List of butterflies of China (Hesperiidae)

Bibasis amara

This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Hesperiidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 365 species or subspecies of Hesperiidae are recorded from China.

Hesperiidae

genus: Aeromachus

• Aeromachus piceus Leech, 1894 Sichuan, Yunnan
• Aeromachus stigmata (Moore, 1878) Yunnan
• Aeromachus monstrabilus Huang, 2003 Tibet
• Aeromachus dubius Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Hainan, Yunnan
• Aeromachus pseudojhora Lee, 1962 Yunnan
• Aeromachus inachus (Menetries, 1859) Amur

genus: Ampittia

• Ampittia trimacula (Leech, 1891) West China
• Ampittia dioscorides (Fabricius, 1793)

A. d. etura (Mabille, 1891 Yunnan

• Ampittia virgata (Leech, 1890)
• Ampittia nanus (Leech, 1890) Ningpo
• Ampittia dalailama (Mabille, 1876) West China, Tibet

genus: Bibasis

• Bibasis gomata lara (Leech, 1894) Yunnan
• Bibasis sena uniformis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 Hainan
• Bibasis amara (Moore, [1866]) Yunnan
• Bibasis aquilina (Speyer, 1879) South China
• Bibasis striata (Hewitson, 1867) West China
• Bibasis unipuncta Lee, 1962 Yunnan

genus: Carterocephalus

• Carterocephalus silvicola (Meigen, 1829) (Meigen, 1829) Amurland
• Carterocephalus palaemon (Pallas, 1771)
• Carterocephalus argyrostigma Eversmann, 1851 North-east China
• Carterocephalus dieckmanni Graeser, 1888
• Carterocephalus christophi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Tibet
• Carterocephalus alcina Evans, 1939 Yunnan
• Carterocephalus alcinoides Lee, 1962 Yunnan
• Carterocephalus avanti (de Nicéville, 1886) Tibet, West China
• Carterocephalus flavomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West China
• Carterocephalus houangty Oberthür, 1886

C. h. shoka Evans, 1915 Tibet, West China

C. h. jiuzaikouensis Yoshino, 2001 Sichuan

C. h. zorgensis Yoshino, 2003 Sichuan

• Carterocephalus micio Oberthür, 1891 China
• Carterocephalus niveomaculatus Oberthür, 1886 Tibet, West China
• Carterocephalus pulchra Leech, 1891) Tibet, West China
• Carterocephalus abax Oberthür, 1886 Tibet
• Carterocephalus habaensis Yoshino, 1997 Yunnan

genus: Choaspes

• Choaspes furcatus Evans, 1932 Hainan
• Choaspes plateni stigmata Evans, 1932 Hainan
• Choaspes xanthopogon (Kollar, [1844]) West China

genus: Daimio

• Daimio tethys (Menetries, 1857) Amurland, Ussuri

• D. t. birmana Evans, 1926 Yunnan

genus: Erynnis

• Erynnis montanus (Bremer, 1861)
• Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Erynnis popoviana Nordmann, 1851
• Erynnis pelias (Leech, 1891) West China

genus: Hesperia

• Hesperia comma mixta Alphéraky, 1881 Tian-Shan
• Hesperia florinda (Butler, 1878) Amurland, Ussuri

genus: Heteropterus

• Heteropterus morpheus (Pallas, 1771) Amurland

genus: Isoteinon

• Isoteinon lamprospilus C. & R. Felder,

genus: Leptalina

• Leptalina unicolor (Bremer & Grey, 1853) East China, Amurland

genus: Lobocla

• Lobocla liliana (Atkinson, 1871) Yunnan
• Lobocla bifasciata (Bremer & Grey, 1853) China
• Lobocla simplex (Leech, 1891) West China
• Lobocla germanus (Oberthür, 1886) China
• Lobocla contractus (Leech, 1893)
• Lobocla proximus (Leech, 1891) West China, Tibet
• Lobocla nepos (Oberthür, 1886) West China

genus: Muschampia

• Muschampia staudingeri (Speyer, 1879) West China
• Muschampia proteus (Staudinger, 1886) Tian-Shan
• Muschampia lutulenta (Grum-Grshimailo, 1887) Tian-Shan
• Muschampia kuenlunus (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893) Tian-Shan
• Muschampia protheon (Rambur, 1858) Central China
• Muschampia gigas (Bremer, 1864) East China, Amurland
• Muschampia cribrellum (Eversmann, 1841) Amurland
• Muschampia antonia (Speyer, 1879) Tian-Shan, Tibet

genus: Ochlodes

• Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, 1777)
• Ochlodes venata (Bremer & Grey, 1853) Amurland to Southeast China
• Ochlodes ochracea (Bremer, 1861) Amurland to Southeast China
• Ochlodes subhyalina (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
• Ochlodes thibetana (Oberthür, 1886) Tibet
• Ochlodes bouddha (Mabille, 1876) China

genus: Parnara

• Parnara guttatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853

P. g. guttatus (Bremer & Grey, 1853 North China

P. g. mangala (Moore, [1865]) South China

• Parnara batta Evans, 1949 South-east China
• Parnara apostata hulsei Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 1999 South Yunnan

genus: Pelopidas

• Pelopidas jansonis (Butler, 1878)
• Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius, 1798)
• Pelopidas sinensis (Mabille, 1877)

genus: Polytremis

• Polytremis lubricans (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Tibet, Yunnan
• Polytremis flavinerva Chou & Zhou, 1994 Guangxi
• Polytremis choui Huang, 1994 Fujian
• Polytremis mencia (Moore, 1877) Shanghai
• Polytremis kiraizana (Sonan, 1938)
• Polytremis pellucida (Murray, 1875)

P. p. quanta Evans, 1949 Guniujiang, Anhui

P. p. inexpecta Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 Zhejiang

• Polytremis theca (Evans, 1937)

P. t. theca (Evans, 1937) Sichuan, Shaanxi

P. t. fukia (Evans, 1940) Fujian, Anhui

P. t. macrotheca Huang, 2003 Yunnan

• Polytremis zina (Evans, 1932)
• Polytremis gigantea Tsukiyama, Chiba & Fujioka, 1997 Sichuan
• Polytremis caerulescens (Mabille, 1876) West China
• Polytremis micropunctata Huang, 2003 Yunnan
• Polytremis nascens (Leech, [1893]) Sichuan
• Polytremis suprema Sugiyama, 1999 Guangxi
• Polytremis matsuii Sugiyama, 1999 Sichuan
• Polytremis gotama Sugiyama, 1999 Yunnan
• Potanthus pseudomaesa (Moore, [1881])

P.p. pseudomaesa (Moore, [1881]) Yunnan

P. p. clio (Evans, 1932)

genus: Potanthus

• Potanthus palnia (Evans, 1914)

P. p. palnia (Evans, 1914) Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian, Tibet

• Potanthus trachala phoebe (Evans, 1934) Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian, Haina
• Potanthus pallidus (Evans, 1932) South China
• Potanthus juno (Evans, 1932) Zhejiang
• Potanthus confucius (C. & R. Felder, 1862)

P. c. confucius (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Hubei, Guangdong, Hunan

P. c. dushta (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Hainan

• Potanthus mara Evans, 1932 Tibet
• Potanthus pava pava (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Fujian, Hubei
• Potanthus lydia (Evans, 1934) West China
• Potanthus riefenstahli Huang, 2003 Yunnan
• Potanthus mingo ajax (Evans, 1932) Yunnan
• Potanthus ganda (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan
• Potanthus flava (Murray, 1875) Jilin, Hebei, Shandong, Hunan, Fujian, Yunnan
• Potanthus nesta (Evans, 1934)

P. n. nesta (Evans, 1934) Yunnan

P. n. omeia Lee, 1962 Sichuan

• Potanthus taqini Huang, 2001 Tibet
• Potanthus tibetana Huang, 2002 Tibet, Yunnan
• Potanthus yani Huang, 2002 Anhui, Fujian

genus: Pyrgus

• Pyrgus alpinus (Erschoff, 1874) West China
• Pyrgus maculatus thibetanus (Oberthür) West China
• Pyrgus malvae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pyrgus alveus (Hübner, 1802)
• Pyrgus serratulae (Rambur, 1839) China
• Pyrgus alveus Hübner, [1800-1803]

P. a. reverdini (Oberthür, 1912) Ta-tsien-lou, Sichuan

P. a. schansiensis Reverdin, 1915

• Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887) Amurland
• Pyrgus oberthueri (Leech, 1891) West China, Tibet
• Pyrgus bieti (Oberthür, 1886) West China, Tibet

genus: Satarupa

• Satarupa nymphalis (Speyer, 1879)
• Satarupa splendens Tytler, 1914 Yunnan
• Satarupa valentini Oberthür, 1921 Tibet

genus: Spialia

• Spialia galba chenga Evans, 1956 Hainan
• Spialia sertorius (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) Tibet, Amurland
• Spialia orbifer lugens (Staudinger, 1886) Tian-Shan

genus: Thymelicus

• Thymelicus lineola (Ochsenheimer, 1808) Amurland
• Thymelicus alaica (Filipjev, 1931) Tian-Shan
• Thymelicus leonina (Butler, 1878) South China, Amurland
• Thymelicus sylvatica (Bremer, 1861) South China, Amurland
• Thymelicus nervulata (Mabille, 1876) West China

References

• Chou, Io (ed) 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium (Monograph of Chinese Butterflies). Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou.(in Chinese).ISBN 7-5349-1574-0. Lists species plus new distribution records for China. New species descriptions are noted in English . Colour photographs of the species treated, with accompanying Chinese text.
• Full list references.

External links

• Catalogue of life China List provided by Chinese Academy of Sciencesonline here
• Butterflies of China at Digital moths of Japan.Includes images.
• Wikispecies taxonomy additional references via species or genus
• Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica