Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Howarthia
Species: H. caelestis – H. cheni – H. cyanea – H. hishikawai – H. kimurai – H. melli – H. nigricans – H. sakakibarai – H. veneta – H. wakaharai – H. watanabei – H. yukinobui

Name

Howarthia Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956.

Type species: Thecla caelestis Leech, 1890: 191.

References

• Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page. 
• Hsu, Yu-Feng; Dongsun Ding; Shen-Horn Yen & Zu-Qi Qian, 2004, Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97 (4): 653–666. Abstract.
• Koiwaya, S. 2002. Descriptions of seven new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China and Indo-China. Gekkan-Mushi 373: 5–14. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S. 2002. Descriptions of three new species and three new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China and Indo-China (2). Gekkan-Mushi 374: 5–12. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S. 2002. Descriptions of five new species and a new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China, Myanmar and India. Gekkan-Mushi 377: 2–8. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S. 2004. Description of a new species of the genus Antigius and discovery of male of Howarthia kimurai. Gekkan-Mushi 405: 2–5. Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1890. New species of Rhopalocera from China. Parts 1-4. Entomologist 23: 26–50; 81-83;109-114; 187–192. Reference page. 
• Shirôzu, T. & Yamamoto, H. 1956. a generic revision and the phylogeny of the Tribe Theclini (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera). Sieboldia 1(4): 329–421, pls 35–38. Reference page.