Euaspa

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Euaspa
Species: (12) per Koiwaya, 2007.
E. forsteri – E. hishikawai – E. koizumii – E. mikamii – E. milionia – E. miyashitai – E. motokii – E. nishimurai – E. nosei – E. pavo – E. tayal – E. uedai – E. wuyishana – E. zhengi
Name

Euaspa Moore, 1884: 29.

Type species: Myrina milionia Hewitson, [1869] Suppl.: 5, pl.3 figs 79,80 ♂; by monotypy.
References

Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Huang, H. 2016a. New or little known butterflies from China - 2 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lyeaenidae et Hesperiidae). Atalanta 47: 161–173. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S. 2002. Descriptions of seven new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China and Indo-China. Gekkan-Mushi 373: 5–14. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S. 2002. Descriptions of five new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China, Myanmar and India. Gekkan-Mushi 377: 2–8. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S., 2007. The Zephyrus Hairstreaks of the World. 1: 1–300 2: pls 1-256. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978-4-943955-05-4. Reference page.
Koiwaya, S. 2014. Descriptions of two new species and three new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from Western and Northern China. Gekkan-Mushi 521: 21–30. Reference page.
Monastyrskii, A.L. & A.L. Devyatkin 2003: New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam, 2 (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Atalanta 34 (1/2): 75–109.
Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL. Reference page.

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.).

Species

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

References

"Euaspa Moore, 1884" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms