Favonius (butterfly)
genus of insects
Favonius is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species list
Subgenus Favonius
Favonius cognatus (Staudinger, 1892) north-eastern China and Korea
Favonius cognatus cognatus
Favonius cognatus ackeryi (Fujioka, 1994)
Favonius cognatus latifasciatus (Shirôzu & Hayashi, 1959) Japan
Favonius jezoensis (Matsumura, 1915) Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan (Hokkaido)
Favonius jezoensis jezoensis
Favonius jezoensis azumajamensis (Kanda, 1994)
Favonius jezoensis daisenensis (Tanaka, 1941)
Favonius jezoensis magnificans Murayama, 1953
Favonius korshunovi (Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1982) northeastern China, Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Korea
Favonius korshunovi korshunovi
Favonius korshunovi macrocercus (Wakabayashi & Fukuda, 1985)
Favonius korshunovi shinichiroi Fujioka, 2003
Favonius leechi (Riley, 1939) Sichuan
Favonius orientalis (Murray, 1875) Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Kunashir, north-eastern China, Korea, Japan
Favonius orientalis orientalis
Favonius orientalis shirozui Murayama, 1956
Favonius orientalis schischkini Kurentzov, 1970
Favonius taxila (Bremer, 1861) north-eastern and central China, Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Korea, Japan
Favonius ultramarinus (Fixsen, 1887) north-eastern China, Korea and Japan
Favonius ultramarinus ultramarinus Korea
Favonius ultramarinus borealis (Murayama, 1953) Japan
Favonius ultramarinus hayashii (Shirôzu, 1953) Japan
Favonius ultramarinus okumotoi (Koiwaya, 1996)
Favonius ultramarinus suffusa (Leech, 1894)
Favonius unoi Fujioka, 2003
Favonius watanabei Koiwaya, 2002 Myanmar
Favonius yuasai Shirôzu, 1948 Japan
Favonius yuasai coreensis Myrayama, 1963 South Korea
Subgenus Tasogare Sugiura, 1993
Favonius saphirinus (Staudinger, 1887) northeastern China, Korea, Japan, Amur Oblast, Ussuri
Incertae sedis
Favonius latimarginata Murayama, 1963 Japan
Favonius leechina Lamas, 2008
Former species
Favonius fujisanus Matsumura, 1910 is now Sibataniozephyrus fujisanus (Matsumura, 1910)
Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) is now Neozephyrus quercus North Africa, Europe and Asia Minor
Favonius quercus iberica (Staudinger, 1901) Morocco, Algeria, Spain
Favonius quercus interjectus (Verity, 1919)
Favonius quercus longicaudatus (Riley, 1921) Turkey, Azerbaijan, western Iran
References
Fujioka, T., 1994: Zephyrus (Thechlini butterflies) in the world (5). Genus Favonius. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 7: 3-17.
Fujioka, T., 2003: Descriptions of new species and new subspecies belonging to Tribe Theclini from Myanmar, Vietnam and west China. Gekkan-Mushi 384: 2-10.
Inomata, T., 2000. On the genus Favonius (s. str.) in the continental Ashia. Gekkan-Mushi, (348): 18-22.
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