Biology:Favonius orientalis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Favonius orientalis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Favonius
Species:
F. orientalis
Binomial name
Favonius orientalis
(Murray, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Dipsas orientalis Murray, 1875
  • Ruralis orientalis chosenicola Bryk, 1946
  • Favonius shirozui Murayama, 1956
  • Favonius orientalis primoriensis Murayama, 1978

Favonius orientalis is an East Palearctic species of hairstreak butterfly found in China, Amur, Ussuri, Kunashir, Japan, and Korea.

The larva feeds on Quercus mongolica, Quercus serrata, Quercus dentata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus variabilis and Fabaceae.[1]

Subspecies

  • F. o. orientalis (Honshu)
  • F. o. shirozui Murayama, 1956 (Hokkaido)
  • F. o. schischkini Kurentzov, 1970 (Amur, Ussuri, Kunashir)

References

  1. "Favonius Sibatani & Ito, 1942" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q5971269 entry