''Austrozephyrus'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

."''Austrozephyrus'' Howarth, 1957"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' The three species are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Species

*'' Austrozephyrus absolon'' (Hewitson, 1865) **''A. a. absolon'' Peninsular Malaya **''A. a. albifasciatus'' Howarth, 1957 Java **''A. a. thamar'' (Toxopeus, 1935) Sumatra **''A. a. acosmeta'' (Toxopeus, 1935) Java *'' Austrozephyrus borneanus'' (Pendlebury, 1939) Borneo Palawan *'' Austrozephyrus reginae'' Schröder & Treadaway, 1982 Palawan

References

Theclini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Graham Howarth {{Theclinae-stub