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Shijimia Matsumura, 1919
Shijimia Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 656, TS: Lycaena moorei Leech
Shijimia (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 448

Shijimia moorei (Leech, 1889)
Assam - Indo China, Japan. See [About maps] Moore's Cupid
Lycaena moorei Leech, 1889; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1889 (1) : 109, pl. 7, f. 3 [nec 4]
Shijimia moorei ; [MRS, 676]
Everes moorei ; [BIR, 272]
Tongeia moorei ; [BOR, 650]

Larva on Lysionotus pauciflorus [MRS]

S.Yunnan, ...?
S. m. taiwana Matsumura
Shijimia moorei taiwana ; [MRS, 676]


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References:
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[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2


Some related literature:
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Leech, 1889
On a collection of Lepidoptera from Kiukiang Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1889 (1) : 99-148, pl. 7-9
Matsumura, 1919
Thousand Insects of Japan. Additamenta 3 [Shin Nihon senchu zukai] Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 475-742, pl. 26-53


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