ON THE NEWLY DISCOVERED FEMALE OF CELASTRINA SUGITANII SHIROZUI HSU (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE)

杉谷琉璃小灰蝶臺灣亞種雌蟲之發現

徐堉峰(Yu-Feng Hsu) ； 陳炳吉(Ping-Chi Chen)

《中華昆蟲》 9卷1期 (1989/03) Pp. ap11+81-85

https://doi.org/10.6660/TESFE.1989011

摘要

This paper presents morphology of the unknown female of Celastrina sugitanii shirozui Hsu. Additional biological notes on the insect are given. Celastrina sugitanii shirozui Hsu was first discovered from the mountains in northern Taiwan in 1984 (Hsu, 1987), at that time only the male of the species was obtained In the spring of 1987, one of the authors, Ping-Chi Chen obtained a female of this species from the same locality as the type material. The paper here describes the characteristics of this female specimen and also presents information not mentioned in the content of the original description.

並列摘要

杉谷琉璃小灰蝶臺灣亞種Celastrina sugitanii shirozui Hsu係於1984年于桃園縣山地發現，當時僅得雄蟲標本。本文根據1987年從模式產地發現的雌蟲描述其形態，並提供以下資料：（1）這種昆蟲在臺灣一年只發生一世代，出現在2、3月間。（2）山茱萸科（Cornaceae）的燈台樹Cornus controversa Hemsl.是這種昆蟲在臺灣的幼蟲寄主的可能性頗高。（3）這種昆蟲並非如往昔所認為是日本特有，而是一種起源于中國大陸的古老昆蟲。