Favonius saphirinus

Favonius saphirinus, ♂, Japan.

Favonius saphirinus from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Favonius
Subgenus: Favonius (Tasogare)
Species: Favonius saphirinus
Subspecies: (2) per Koiwaya, 2007.
F. s. pedius – F. s. saphirinus

Name

Favonius saphirinus (Staudinger, 1887)

Type locality: Ussuri, Askold Is.

Syntypes: ♂,♀ tbc.

Synonymy

• Thecla saphirina Staudinger, 1887: 135, pl.16 figs 3-5.
• Zephyrus saphirina (Staudinger); Leech, [1893]: 378.
• Zephyrus saphirina immaculatus (ab.) Watari, 1935: 42.
• Favonius saphirinus nipponicus Murayama, 1953: 18, figs 10-12. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994: IX.44.
• Favonius saphirinus jezonicus Murayama, 1953: 19, figs 13-15.
• Favonius (Tasogare) saphirinus (Staudinger); Koiwaya, 2007: 278, figs 180-1a to 180-10b.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S., 2007. The Zephyrus Hairstreaks of the World. 1: 1–300 2: pls 1-256. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978-4-943955-05-4. Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1. pp 1-297, 2. pp 297–681, Map, Plates. Reference page. 
• Murayama, S., 1953. On some new Lycaenids from Japan (1). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 3(3): 17-21. pdf. Reference page. 
• Staudinger, O. 1887. Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren aus dem Amur-gebeit. In Romanoff Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 3: 126–232, pls 6–12,16,17.Reference page. 
• Watari, S.M., 1935. [Aberrations of Zephyrus] Zephyrus 6(1/2): 42-44, 6 figs. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ウラジロミドリジシミ