''Teratozephyrus'' is a genus of
butterflies
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in the family
Lycaenidae
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Theclini
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Genera
* '' Amblopala''
* '' Antigius''
* '' Araragi''
* '' Artopoetes''
* '' Austrozephyrus' ...
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"''Teratozephyrus'' Sibatani, 1946"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It is an East
Palearctic
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Th ...
(China, Taiwan, North Indochina) species associated with ''Quercus
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Species
*'' Teratozephyrus arisanus'' (Wileman, 1909) Taiwan, Yunnan.Includes ''T. a. picquenardi'' (Oberthür, 1914) and ''T. a. kachinus'' Koiwaya, 2000 Myanmar
*'' Teratozephyrus zhejiangensis'' Chou & Tong, 1994 Zhejiang
*'' Teratozephyrus hecale'' (Leech, 1894) Tibet, West China.
*'' Teratozephyrus chibahieyukii'' Fujioka, 1994 China, Szechwan, Kuan-Hsien, north west of Cheng-tu.
*'' Teratozephyrus florianii'' Bozano, 1996 = ''Hayashikeia florianii'' Bozano, 1996 China, W. Sichuan, Kangding.
*'' Teratozephyrus hinomaru'' Fujioka, 1994 China, Szechwan, Nanchuan, Chin-fo-shan, 1600–1800 m.
*'' Teratozephyrus kimurai'' Koiwaya, 2002 Vietnam
*'' Teratozephyrus muroyai'' Fujioka, 2003 = ''Teratozephyrus kimurai''
*'' Teratozephyrus nuwai'' Koiwaya, 1996 China Gansu, Tianshui (1700m).
*'' Teratozephyrus tsukiyamahiroshii'' Fujioka, 1994 Vietnam
References
Theclini
Lycaenidae genera
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