Favonius orientalis
Appearance
Favonius orientalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Favonius |
Species: | F. orientalis
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Binomial name | |
Favonius orientalis (Murray, 1875)
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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
[edit]- F. o. orientalis (Honshu)
- F. o. shirozui Murayama, 1956 (Hokkaido)
- F. o. schischkini Kurentzov, 1970 (Amur, Ussuri, Kunashir)
References
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- ^ "Favonius Sibatani & Ito, 1942" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms