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Favonius Sibatani & Ito, 1942
Favonius Sibatani & Ito, 1942; Tenthredo 3 (4): 327, TS: Dipsas orientalis Murray
Quercusia Verity, 1943; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 343, TS: Papilio quercus Linnaeus
Quercusia (Theclini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 430
Favonius (Theclini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 430
Favonius (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 94]
fiFavonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
EU, NAF, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasia. See [About maps] Tamminopsasiipi Purple Hairstreak Eksnabbvinge Eichenzipfelfalter Nazarena Pazik dębowiec
Papilio quercus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 482, TL: England
Papilio epeus Sulzer, 1776; Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: pl. 18, f. 10?
Thecla quercus var. bellus Gerhard, 1853
?latefasciata (Courvoisier, 1903)
?bipunctatus (Tutt, 1907)
?excessus (Tutt, 1907)
?obsoleta (Tutt, 1907)
?bellusunipunctus (Tutt, 1907)
?pallescens (Tutt, 1907)
?albovirgata (Oberthür, 1910)
Thecla quercus var. violacea Niepelt, 1914; Int. ent. Z. 8 (26) : 144
Zephyrus quercus ab. nana Pionneau, 1931; L'Echange 47: 8
Zephyrus quercus ab. caerulescens Lempke, 1936; Tijdschr. Ent. 79 : 289
Zephyrus quercus f. caerulea Schwingenschuss, 1953; Z. wien. ent. Ges. 38: 102
Thecla quercus f. inframaculata Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98 : 323
Thecla quercus f. depuncta Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98 : 323
Thecla quercus f. infraflavomaculata Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98 : 323
Neozephyrus quercus, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Favonius quercus, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Neozephyrus quercus, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Neozephirus quercus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Neozephyrus quercus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Quercusia quercus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Thecla quercus var. violacea ; Strand, 1916, [REF#b. 18]
Thecla quercus ;
Quercusia quercus ; [BHR]; [SPL]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 10, f. 26, 27]
Neozephirus quercus ; [BARU, #325]
Favonius quercus ; [BRU2: 94, pl. 51, f. 10-12]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[quercus-1v.jpg] 500x398 (~64Kb) underside Bois de Caurel, Brittany, France 11/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes [quercus-2l.jpg] 1200x847 (~95Kb) larva Finland, Lemland, ex. o. 22.5.1989 Photo © Pertti Pakkanen [quercus-3l.jpg] 598x400 (~54Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
[quercus-3v.jpg] 598x400 (~32Kb) underside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch [quercus.jpg] 450x281 (~22Kb)

Larva on Quercus robur [SPRK], Quercu, less Padus avium, less Corylus [BARU]


F. q. interjectus (Verity, 1919)
quercus interjectus (Verity, 1919); , TL: Italy
?Thecla[?] interjecta Verity, 1919
Favonius quercus interjectus ; [BRU2, 94]
F. q. longicaudatus (Riley, 1921)
W.Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey (Hakkari) Zephyrus quercus longicauda Riley, 1921; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 8 (47) : 599, TL: Iran, Paitak, Harir; Karind Gorge
Favonius quercus longicaudatus ; [BRU2, 94]
F. q. iberica (Staudinger, 1901)
Morocco, Algeria, Iberia quercus iberica (Staudinger, 1901)
Zephyrus quercus var. iberica Staudinger, 1901; in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. palaearct. Faunengeb., 1: 71, TL: Iberian Peninsula, Mauretania [Morocco]
Quercusia quercus iberica ; [BMAT, 25, pl. 9, f. 4-7]

Larva on Quercus ilex [BMAT]

Favonius orientalis (Murray, 1875)
Amur, Ussuri, Kunashir, NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Dipsas orientalis Murray, 1875; Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 169, TL: [Yokohama, Honshu, Japan]
?orientalis chosenicola Bryk, 1946; , TL: Korea
= ?Favonius ultramarinus (Fixsen, 1887);
Neozephirus orientalis ; [BARU, #317]
Favonius orientalis ; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 30]; [BHR]; [MRS, 625]; [BRU2: 95, pl. 52, f. 1-3]

Larva on Quercus [BHR], Quercus mongolica [BARU], Fabaceae, Quercus serrata, Q. mongolica, Q. dentata, Q. acutissima, Q. variabilis [MRS]

F. o. orientalis
Honshu Favonius orientalis orientalis ; [BRU2, 95]
F. o. shirozui Murayama, 1956
Hokkaido Favonius shirozui Murayama, 1956; New Ent. 3 (4): 33, TL: Obichiro, Hokkaido
?shirosui Murayama, ?1954
Favonius orientalis shirosui[sic] ; [BRU2, 95]
F. o. schischkini Kurentzov, 1970
Amur, Ussuri, Kunashir Favonius orientalis schischkini Kurentzov, 1970; Butterflies of the USSR Far East: 12
Favonius primoriensis Murayama, 1978; Trans. Lep. Soc. Japan 29 (3): 161, TL: Mt. Golets, Sikhote Alin Mts.
Neozephirus orientalis schischkini ; [BARU (note)]
Favonus orientalis schischkini ; [BRU2, 95]

Larva on Quercus mongolica #, [BRU2, 95]

Favonius korshunovi (Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1982)
NE.China. See [About maps] Neozephyrus korshunovi Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1982; , TL: S. Primorye, Gamov Peninsula, Vityaz' Bay
Neozephyrus aquamarinus Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1987; , TL: S. Primorye,Gamov Peninsula, Telyakovskiy's Bay
Favonius korshunovi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 Neozephirus aquamarinus ; [BARU, #319]
Neozephirus korshunovi ; [BARU, #318]
Favonius korshunovi ; [BRU2: 98, pl. 52, f. 4-7]

Larva on Quercus mongolicus [BRU2, 99]

F. k. korshunovi
Amur, Ussuri Favonius korshunovi korshunovi ; [BRU2, 98]
F. k. shinichiroi Fujioka, 2003
F. k. macrocercus (Wakabayashi & Fukuda, 1985)
W.Ussuri, Korea Favonius macrocercus Wakabayashi & Fukuda, 1985; J. Biol. Sci. 15 (2): (33-46), TL: Korea
Favonius macrocercus ; [BHR]
Favonius korshunovi macrocercus ; [BRU2, 98]
Favonius ultramarinus (Fixsen, 1887)
NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Thecla taxila var. ultramarina Fixsen, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 278, TL: Korea, "Pung-Tung"
?jozanus Matsumura, 1931; (preocc.?)
Neozephirus ultramarinus ; [BARU, #321]
Favonius ultramarina ; [BHR]
Favonius ultramarinus ; [BRU2: 97, pl. 51, f. 24-26]

Larva on Quercus, Quercus dentata [BARU]

F. u. ultramarinus
Korea, S.Ussuri Favonius ultramarinus ultramarinus ; [BRU2, 97]
F. u. hayashii (Shirôzu, 1953)
Japan (Honshu) Favonius hayashii Shirôzu, 1953; Kontyû 19: 61
Favonius ultramarinus hayashii ; [BRU2, 97]
F. u. borealis (Murayama, 1953)
Japan (Hokkaido) Favonius borealis Murayama, 1953
Favonius ultramarinus borealis ; [BRU2, 97]
F. u. suffusa (Leech, 1894)
Zephyrus suffusa Leech, 1894; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 377
Favonius suffusa ; [BHR]; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 30 (text)]
Favonius orientalis suffusa ;
Favonius ultramarinus suffusa ; [BRU2, 97]
F. u. okumotoi (Koiwaya, 1996)
Favonius ultramarinus okumotoi ; [BRU2, 97]
Favonius jezoensis (Matsumura, 1915)
Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan (Hokkaido). See [About maps] Zephyrus jezoensis Matsumura, 1915; Ent. Mag., Kyoto 1 (2): 57, TL: [Japan, Hokkaido] Jozankei
Neozephirus jezoensis ; [BARU, #322]
Favonius jezoensis ; [BHR]; [BRU2, 98]

Larva on Quercus [BARU], Quercus crispula? [BRU2, 98]

F. j. jezoensis
Japan (Hokkaido), S.Kuriles (Kunashir) Favonius jezoensis jezoensis ; [BRU2, 98]
F. j. azumajamensis (Kanda, 1994)
Japan (Fukushima) Favonius jezoensis azumayamensis ; (spell.?)
Favonius jezoensis azumajamensis ; [BRU2, 98]
F. j. magnificans Murayama, 1953
Japan (Honshu) Favonius jezoensis magnificans ; [BRU2, 98]
F. j. daisenensis (Tanaka, 1941)
Japan
Favonius saphirinus (Staudinger, 1887)
NE.China, Korea. See [About maps] Thecla saphirina Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 155, pl. 16, f. 3-5, TL: Askold Island (S. Primorye)
Zephyrus immaculatus Watari, 1935; Zephyrus 6: 42
Favonius saphirinus ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 31]
Favonius saphirina ; [BHR]
Neozephirus saphirinus ; [BARU, #324]
Favonius saphirinus ; [BRU2: 99, pl. 51, f. 30-31]

Larva on Quercus [BARU]

F. s. saphirinus
Amur, Ussuri Favonius saphirinus saphirinus ; [BRU2, 99]

Larva on Quercus mongolica [BRU2, 99]

F. s. graeseri Dantchenko, 2000
S.Ussuri Favonius saphirinus graeseri ; [BRU2, 99]

Larva on Quercus dentata [BRU2, 99]

F. s. nipponicus Murayama, 1953
Japan (Honshu) Favonius saphirinus nipponicus Murayama, 1953; , TL: Shiga, Honshu
Favonius saphirinus nipponicus ; [BRU2, 99]
F. s. jezonicus Murayama, 1953
Japan (Hokkaido) Favonius saphirinus jezonicus Murayama, 1953; , TL: Obichiro, Hokkaido
Favonius saphirinus jezonicus ; [BRU2, 99]
F. s. oseanus Murayama, 1953
Japan (Honshu) Favonius oseanus Murayama, 1955; New Ent. 3 (4): 33, TL: Ose, Honshu
Favonius saphirinus oseanus ; [BRU2, 99]
F. s. pedius (Leech, 1894)
Sichuan Zephyrus pedius Leech, 1894; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 378, (1): pl. 27, f. 3
Chrysozephyrus pedius ;
Favonius saphirinus pedius ; [BRU2, 99]
F. s. okadai Kowaya, 1996
Sichuan? Favonius saphirinus odakai[sic] ; [BRU2, 99 (missp.?)]
Favonius cognatus (Staudinger, 1892)
Sakhalin?, Korea, NE.China. See [About maps] cognata (Staudinger, 1892); in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6 : 152
vitjaz (Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1982)
Favonius cognatus cognatus, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
 ?Favonius ussuriensis ; [BHR]
?Favonius cognata ; [BHR]
?Favonius cognatus ; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 31 (text)]; [MRS, 626]
Favonius cognatus ; [BRU2: 96, pl. 51, f. 21-23]
F. c. cognatus
Amur, Ussuri ussuriensis (Murayama, 1960); Tyô to Ga 11 (2): , TL: Ussuri, Kazakevichevo
Favonius cognatus cognatus ; [BRU2, 96]
?Neozephirus latifasciatus ussuriensis ; [BARU, (note)]

Larva on Quercus mongolica [BRU2, 96]

F. c. latifasciatus (Shirôzu & Hayashi, 1959)
Japan (Honshu) cognatus latifasciatus (Shirôzu & Hayashi, 1959); Icon. Ins. Jap. 1: 36, TL: Japan, Honshu, Yamaguchi
Neozephirus latifasciatus ; [BARU, #323]
Favonius latifasciatus ; [BHR]
Favonius cognatus latifasciatus ; [BRU2, 96]

Larva on Quercus, Quercus dentata [BARU]

?F. c. ackeryi (Fujioka, 1994)
Yunnan Favonius latifasciatus ackeryi Fujioka, 1994; , TL: Yunnan, Tse-kou
Favonius cognatus ackeryi ; [BRU2, 96 (?)]
?Favonius ackeryi ;
Favonius taxila (Bremer, 1861)
NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Thecla taxila Bremer, 1861; Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. 3 : 470, TL: S.Primorye, "Oberhalbe Ema"
?Thecla taxila var. aurorina Oberthür, 1880; Étud. d'Ent. 5 : 18
?Neozephyrus kawamotoi Murayama, 1956; New Ent. Ueda. 5 (1-2): 28
Favonius taxila taxila, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Dipsas taxila ; Hewitson, 1869, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (4): (Suppl.) 16, (5): pl. 6, f. 16-17
 Neozephirus taxila ; [BARU, #320]
Neozephyrus taxila ; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 17]
Neozephyrus taxilia[sic] ; [BOR, 555]
Favonius taxila ;
Favonius taxilus ; [BRU2: 97, pl. 51, f. 27-29]
Neozephyrus aurorinus ;
Chrysozephyrus aurorina ;
Misidentified/misapplied:
cognatus; auct.
[taxila-1v.jpg] 870x597 (~96Kb) underside Suzumi-Dai, Kanazawa, Japan, 7-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

Larva on Quercus mongolica [BRU2, 97]


F. t. taxila
Amur, Ussuri Favonius taxilus taxilus ; [BRU2, 97]
F. t. jozanus (Matsumura, 1915)
Japan (Hokkaido) Favonius taxilus jozanus ; [BRU2, 97]
F. t. xinlongensis Murayama, 1991
C.China Favonius taxilus xinlongensis ; [BRU2, 97]
?F. t. xinglongshanus (Murayama, 1991)
?Favonius cognatus xinglongshanus ; [MRS, 626]
Favonius yuasai Shirôzu, 1948
Japan. See [About maps] Favonius yuasai Shirôzu, 1948; Zephyrus 9 (1947): 238-244
Favonius yuasai ; [BHR]
F. y. coreensis Myrayama, 1963
S.Korea Favonius coreensis Murayama, 1963; Tyô to Ga 14 (2): 48, TL: S.Korea
Favonius latimarginata Murayama, 1963
Japan. See [About maps] Favonius latimarginata Murayama, 1963; Tyô to Ga 14 (2): 48
?Favonius fujisana latimarginata ;
Favonius leechi (Riley, 1939)
Szechwan, Yunnan. See [About maps] Thecla orientalis leechi Riley, 1939; Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 355, TL: "Ta-chien-lu, Moupin"
Thecla coelestina Riley, 1939; Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 358, TL: Szechwan
Favonius unoi Fujioka, 2003
Favonius watanabei Koiwaya, 2002
Myanmar. See [About maps] Favonius watanabei Koiwaya, 2002; , TL: Myanmar, Kachin

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BARU]
Korshunov, Y. P., Gorbunov, P. Y.; Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia; English translation by Oleg Kosterin; [Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik]
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BHR]
D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III
[BMAT]
Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9
[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[BRU2]
Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[Kimmo Silvonen]
Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site
[MBE]
Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[Mario Maier]
Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier
[Michael Borsch]
Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes
[NORLEP]
Norges Sommerfugler
[Pertti Pakkanen]
e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland
[S. Shuichi Haupt]
e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm
[SPL]
Varis, V. (Ed), Ahola, M., Albrecht, A., Jalava, J., Kaila, L., Kerppola, S., Kullberg, J., 1995; Checklist of Finnish Lepidoptera - Suomen perhosten luettelo; Sahlbergia Vol. 2:1-80, 1995; e-mail: Jaakko Kullberg; e-mail: Anders Albrecht; e-mail: Lauri Kaila
[SPRK]
Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[SZMN]
Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

Some related literature:
Bremer, 1861
Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-Sibirien und dem Amur-Lande gesammelt von Radde und Maack, bescrieben von Otto Bremer Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. 3 : 461-495 [?462-496]
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Fixsen, 1887
Lepidoptera aus Korea in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 233-356, pl. 13-15
Hewitson, 1869
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Leech, 1894
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)
Lempke, 1936
Catalogus der Nederlandsche Macrolepidoptera Tijdschr. Ent. 79 : 238-315
Lempke, 1955
Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepidoptera (Derde Supplement) Tijdschr. Ent. 98 : 283-345
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Murayama, 1963
Remarks on some butterflies from Japan and Korea, with descriptions of 2 races, 1 form, 4 aberrant forms Tyô to Ga 14 (2): 43-50
Murray, 1875
Notes on Japanese Butterflies, with descriptions of new Genera and Species Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 166-172
Niepelt, 1914
Neue formen palaearktischer Rhopalocera Int. ent. Z. 8 (26) : 144-145
Oberthür, 1880
Faune des Lépidoptères de l'ile Askold. Premiere Partie Étud. d'Ent. 5 : 1-88, pl. 1-9
Riley, 1921
Some undescribed Rhopalocera from Mesopotamia and N. W. Persia; and other Notes Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9) 8 (47) : 590-600
Riley, 1939
Notes on oriental Theclinae (Lepidopera, Lycaenidae) with description of new species Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 355-361
Sibatani & Ito, 1942
Beitrag zur Systematik der Theclinae im Kaiserreich Japan unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der sogenannten Gattung Zephyrus Tenthredo 3 (4): 299-334 [?318-328]
Staudinger, 1887
Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren aus dem Amur-Gebiete in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 126-232, pl. 6-12, 16-17
Staudinger, 1892
Die Macrolepidopteren des Amurgebiets. I. Theil. Rhopalocera, Sphinges, Bombyces, Noctuae in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6 : 83-658, pl. 4-14
Sulzer, 1776
Dr. Sulzers Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linaeischen System Gesch. Ins. nach linn. Syst.: -
Wakabayashi & Fukuda, 1985
A new Favonius species from the Korean Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) J. Biol. Sci. 15 (2): 33-46

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