Entomologist, several papers from 1926 to 1941 on butterflies and moths from Taiwan (Formosa).

Authored Taxa

• 4 taxon names authored by Jinhaku Sonan (List may be incomplete)

Works Include

• Sonan, J., 1929. Descriptions of two aberrant forms and a new species of the butterflies from Formosa. Zephyrus 1(4): 135-137, 1 pl. Reference page. 

• Sonan, J., 1931. Notes on some butterflies from Formosa. (2). Zephyrus 3(3/4): 194-206, pls 15-17, figs 1-13. Reference page. 

• Sonan, J., 1936. Notes on some butterflies from Formosa (4). [In Japanese]. Zephyrus 6(3/4): 205-216, 3 pls. Reference page. 

• Sonan, J., 1938. Notes on some butterflies from Formosa (5). Zephyrus 7(4): 250-257, 1 pl. Reference page. 

• Sonan, J., 1940. On the Genus Zephyrus from Formosa (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 30: 77-85. Reference page. 

• Sonan, J., 1940. On a few Lycaenid-butterflies from Formosa. Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 30: 159-167, 2 figs. Reference page. 

• Sonan, J., 1940. A new subspecies of Amblypodia japonica Murray from Kotosho, (Botel-Tobago Island) Formosa. Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 30: 368. Reference page. 

• Sonan, J., 1941. [Introduction of a replacement name Zephyrus teisoi for Zephyrus esakii Umeno]. [In Japanese]. Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 31: 481. Reference page.