''Yamamotozephyrus'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

genus in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 ...

. It is

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

, containing only the species ''Yamamotozephyrus kwangtungensis''."''Yamamotozephyrus'' Saigusa, 1993"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' There are three subspecies *''Yamamotozephyrus kwangtungensis'' (Forster, 1942) China (Kwangtung) *''Y. k. hainana'' (Koiwaya, 1993) Hainan *''Y. k. mayhkaensis'' Watanabe, 2000 Myanmar

References

Theclini Lycaenidae genera Monotypic butterfly genera {{Theclinae-stub