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Maculinea van Eecke, 1915

Maculinea van Eecke, 1915; Zool. Meded. 1 (3): 28, TS: Papilio alcon Denis & Schiffermüller
Maculinea (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 154]
Maculinea (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449

Maculinea arion (Linnaeus, 1758)

. See [About maps] Muurahaissinisiipi Large Blue Svartfläckig blåvinge Fläckblåvinge Schwarzflecken Blauling Hormiguera de lunares Modraszek arion
Papilio arion Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1:, TL: Germany, Nurnberg
Papilio telegone Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins., 3: 8, pl. 52, f. 5-6
Papilio varietas Bergsträsser, [1779]
Lycaena arthurus Melvill, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 9 : 263, TL: Chamounix, Switzerland
obscura (Christ, 1878); in Frey, Lep. Schweiz.: 22
?Lycaena arion eutyphron Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 67, TL: England, Cornwall
?Lycaena arion aglaophon Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68, TL: Pyrenees
?Lycaena arion tainaron Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68, TL: Wallis, Val Entremonts
?Lycaena arion sosinomus Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68, TL: Tian-Shan
?Lycaena arion nepete Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68, TL: Kansu, Lanchowfu
Lycaena arion ab. ♂ grisea Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10) : 294
Maculinea arion, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Maculinea arion, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Maculinea arion, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Maculinea arion, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Maculinea arion, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Maculinea arion ; [BARU, #375]; [BOW: pl. 10, f. 4]; [MRS, 683]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 179; [BRU2: 155, pl. 65, f. 28-36]; [Otakar Kudrna]
Glaucopsyche arion ;

500x360 (~38Kb) underside Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

830x570 (~78Kb) underside Finland, Ruokolahti 680:57, 05.07.1985, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

Larva on Thymus serpyllum, (later in ants nests) [SPRK] Thymus marschalliana, Origanum vulgare [BARU], Thymus spp., Leguminosae [MRS], Ziziphora clinopodioides, (NW.Kazakhstan) Origanum vulgare, (Transcaucasia) [BRU2, 155]

M. a. arion

EU, W.Siberia, Altai, NW.Kazakhstan alconides (Aurivillius, 1888); Nordens Fjärilar. Handbok I: 15
Lycaena arion var. rühli Krulikovsky, 1892; Soc. Ent. 7 (1) : 1
Lycaena unicolor Hormuzaki, 1892; Ent. Nachr. 18 (1) : 1
baschkiria (Krulikovsky, 1897)
Lycaena jasilkowskii Hormuzaki, 1897; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 47 : 138
Lycaena uralensis Elwes, 1899; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (3) : 329
alpina (Favre, 1903)
caucasica (Jachontov, 1914); (nom.nud.)
Lycaena vesubia Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2) : 26, TL: St. Martin
Lycaena arion antesion Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2) : 27, TL: Bosnia, Koricna and Maklenpass
lutschniki (Krulikovsky, 1926)
Glaucopsyche sergeji Obraztsov, 1936; Z. Öst. EntVer. 21: 47
Maculinea animula Szabó, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (N.S) 9: 266, 340
Maculinea vagula Szabó, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (N.S) 9: 266, 340
Maculinea arion arion ; [BRU2, 155]
antesion ; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 21
Maculinea arion ruehli ; [Oleg Kosterin]

533x400 (~48Kb) underside male female A meadow in the Opalikha Rivulet valley just upstream of its fall into the Koen River, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

M. a. delphinatus (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

Lycaena arion delphinatus Fruhstorfer, 1910; Ent. Zs. 24 (26) : 144, TL: "Dauphine"

M. a. zara Jachontov, 1935

Caucasus, Armenia Maculinea arion zara ; [BRU2, 155]

M. a. buholzeri Rezbanyai, 1978

Maculinea arion buholzeri Rezbanyai, 1978; Mitt. schweiz. Ent. Ges. 51: (399-401)

M. a. xiaheana (Murayama, 1991)

China (Gansu) Glaucopsyche xiaheana Murayama, 1991; Nature & Ins. 26 (3): 21, f. 5, TL: Gansu, Prov. Xiahe, 3200-3500m
Maculinea arion xiaheana ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 186

M. a. inferna Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994

Sichuan Maculinea arion inferna Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994; Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 188 (repl. Lycaena arion tatsienluica Oberthür, 1910)
Lycaena arion tatsienluica Oberthür, 1910; 328 (preocc.)
Maculinea arion inferna ; Huang & Wu, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 128

Maculinea ligurica Wagner, 1904

Maculinea ligurica Wagner, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (1) : 1
?Maculinea arion ligurica ;

800x595 (~87Kb) HUNGARY, Borsod-Abaśj-Zemplén county, Baskó, 8.8.1998, Photo © Tamįs Baranyi

Maculinea cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848)

Mongolia. See [About maps] Lycaena cyanecula Eversmann, 1848; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 21 (3) : 207, TL: Kiachta im östlichen Sibirien [Kyakhta, Buryatia]
Maculinea arion cyanecula ; [BARU, (note)]; [MRS, 683]
Maculinea cyanecula ; [BRU2: 155, pl. 66, f. 1-15]

900x838 (~140Kb) upperside male China, Qinghai prov., Caka nuo vill (3500m), 20.7.2010, Photo © A. Timchenko leg.

1300x839 (~186Kb) underside male China, Qinghai prov., Caka nuo vill (3500m), 20.7.2010, Photo © A. Timchenko leg.

900x1250 (~245Kb) upperside male China, Qinghai prov., Caka nuo vill (3500m), 20.7.2010, Photo © A. Timchenko leg.

M. c. cyanecula

Transbaikalia, S.Siberia (Tuva, Khakassia) Lycaena arion philidor Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68, TL: Mongolia
Maculinea cyanecula cyanecula ; [BRU2, 156]
Maculinea arion philidor ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 180

M. c. ussuriensis (Sheljuzhko, 1928)

Amur, Ussuri Lycaena arion ussuriensis Sheljuzhko, 1928; Lep. Rdsch. 2: 62, TL: S.Ussuri
Lycaena hironobui Sugitani, 1933; Zephyrus 5: 168
Maculinea arion ussuriensis ; [BARU, (note)]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 179
Maculinea cyanecula ussuriensis ; [BRU2, 156]

M. c. obscurior (Staudinger, 1901)

Tian-Shan Maculinea cyanecula obscurior ; [BRU2, 156]

M. c. taras (Fruhstorfer, 1915)

Alai Lycaena arion taras Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68, TL: Mt. Aurunei, Petralla Valley, 1200m
Maculinea cyanecula taras ; [BRU2, 156]

Maculinea arionides (Staudinger, 1887)

Amur, Ussur, Korea, Japa, NE.China. See [About maps] Lycaena arionides Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 141, pl. 7, f. 1a-c, TL: Vladivostok
Maculinea arionides ; [BARU, #372]; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 14]; [MRS, 684]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 192; [BRU2: 156, pl. 65, f. 25-27]

Larva on Plectanthus excisus, P. glaucocaliyx?, P. serra? [BARU], Isodon kameba, I. trichocarpus, (Japan, host ant Myrmica rubra, Aphaenogaster japonica) Rabdosia excisa, (Ussuri) [BRU2, 156]

M. a. arionides

Amur, Ussuri Lycaena selzeri Warnecke, 1924; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 38: 149
Lycaena arionides sugitanii Matsumura, 1927; Ins. Matsumurana 2 (2) : 118, pl. 3, f. 10, TL: Corea

= ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 194

Lycaena arionidula Kardakov, 1928; Entomol. Mitt. 17 (4): 272
Maculinea arionides arionides ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 192; [BRU2, 156]

M. a. takamukui (Matsumura, 1919)

Lycaena arionides var. takamukui Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 653, pl. 49, f. 32
Lycaena arion shiranensis Scriba, 1921; Ent. Rundschau. 38 (6): 25

= ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 194

Maculinea arionides takamukui ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 194

Maculinea alcon ([Schiffermüller], 1775)

-. See [About maps] Alcon Blue Alkonblåvinge Hormiguera Modraszek alkon
Papilio alcon [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 182
Papilio mamers Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins., 3: pl. 59, f. 1-2
?Maculinea macroconia Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 1949: 34
?Maculinea tenuiconia Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 1949: 34
?Maculinea pseudoroboris Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 1949: 41
Maculinea alcon, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Maculinea alcon, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Maculinea alcon, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Maculinea alcon, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Maculinea alcon, Large blue butterflies [David Nash]
Maculinea alcon ; [BARU, #373]; [EBW, (name)]; [BOW: pl. 10, f. 4 (text only)]; [BRU2: 154, pl. 66, f. 19-24, 34]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 173; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Gentiana pneumonanthe, (later in ants nests) [H&R] Gentiana asclepiadea, (ant Myrmica ruginodis) [BRU2, 154]

M. a. alcon

C.Europe Maculinea alcon alcon ; [BRU2, 154]

M. a. xerophila Berger, 1946

S.Europe Maculinea xerophila Berger, 1946; Lambillionea 46: 106
Maculinea arcasoides Berger, 1946; Lambillionea 46: 106
Maculinea paucipuncta Berger, 1946; Lambillionea 46: 106
Maculinea curiosa Szabó, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (N.S) 9: 264, 339
Maculinea alcon xerophila ; [BRU2, 154]

M. a. sevastos Rebel & Zerny, 1931

Carpathians Lycaena sevastos Rebel & Zerny, 1931; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien 103: 82, TL: Macedonia
Maculinea alcon limitanea Bįlint, 1985; Galathea 1: (62-74)
Maculinea alcon sevastos ; [BRU2, 154]

M. a. jeniseiensis (Shjeljuzhko, 1928)

S.Siberia Maculinea alcon jeniseiensis ; [BARU, (note)]
Maculinea alcon jenissejensis[sic?, recte jeniseiensis] ; [BRU2, 154]

Larva on Dianthus superbus, (Siberia) [BRU2, 154]

M. a. arirang Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994

Korea Maculinea alcon arirang Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994; Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 175, TL: Ryanggang Do

Maculinea rebeli (Hirschke, 1904)

-. See [About maps] Lycaena rebeli Hirschke, 1904; Jber. Wien. ent. Ver. 11: 109, pl. 2, f. 1-2, TL: Hochschwab [Austria]
Lycaena alcon ab. ♂ latimargo Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10) : 294
caerulea (Vorbrodt, 1912)
Maculinea alpicola Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 1949: 41
Maculinea magnalpicola Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 1949: 42
Maculinea gadmensis Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 1949: 43
Maculinea cruciata Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 1949: 50
Maculinea rebeli, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Maculinea rebeli, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Maculinea rebeli ; [BRU2: 154, pl. 66, f. 16-18, 25-33, 35-36]

M. r. rebeli

CEU, SEU Maculinea rebeli rebeli ; [BRU2, 154]

M. r. cordidula (Jachontov, [1909])

Caucasus Major ?Lycaena sordidula Jachontov, [1909]; Revue Russe Ent. 8 : 292 (spell.?)
Maculinea rebeli cordidula ; [BRU2, 154]

M. r. monticola (Staudinger, 1901)

Caucasus Minor, Armenia Lycaena monticola Staudinger, 1901; in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid. palaearct. Faunengeb., 1: 90
Maculinea rebeli monticola ; [BRU2, 154]

M. r. imitator Tuzov, 2000

N.Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau Maculinea rebeli imitator Tuzov, 2000; [BRU2: 155 (repl. Maculinea alcon alconides Korb, 1997)]
Maculinea alcon alconides Korb, 1997; (preocc. Lycaena arion alconides Aurivillius, 1888, Lycaena alcon alconides Dahlstrom, 1899)

M. r. ssp.

Altai, Sayan Maculinea rebeli ssp. ; [BRU2, 154]

M. r. kondakovi Kurentzov, 1970

Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, NE.China Lycaena kondakovi Kurentzov, 1970; 142 (part)
Maculinea alcon kondakovi ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 173; [BARU, (note)]
Maculinea rebeli kondakovi ; [BRU2, 154]

Maculinea teleius (Bergsträsser, [1779])

-. See [About maps] Scarce Large Blue Limbada Modraszek telejus
Papilio teleius Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins., 2: 71, pl. 43, f. 4, TL: Germany, Hanau-Munzberg
Papilio diomedes Rottemburg, 1775; Der Naturforscher 6 : 26, n. 14 (preocc. Linnaeus)
Papilio telegonus Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins., 2: 72, pl. 4, f. 1-2
?Papilio arctophylas Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins., 3: pl. 51, f. 1-2 (arctophylax?)
?Papilio arctophonus Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins., 3: pl. 53, f. 7-8
Papilio euphemus Hübner, 1800; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] : f. 257
Maculinea teleius, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Maculinea teleius, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Maculinea teleius, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Maculinea teleia ; [MRS, 684]
Maculinea teleius ; [BARU, #374]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 202; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 10, f. 5]; [BRU2: 156, pl. 67, f. 1-15]; [Otakar Kudrna]

900x338 (~75Kb) HUNGARY, Borsod-Abaśj-Zemplén county, Baskó, 4.7.1999 ♂, 8.8.1998 ♀, Photo © Tamįs Baranyi

Larva on Sanguisorba officinalis, (later in ants nests) [H&R] Sanguisorba tenuifolia, S. hakusanensis [MRS], (ant in Europe and Siberia Myrmica scabrinodis) (ant in Japan Myrmica ruginoides, Aphaenogaster japonica) [BRU2, 157]

M. t. teleius

CEU, W.Siberia, Caucasus Lycaena bajuvaricus Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2) : 25
Lycaena thersandrus Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2) : 26
Lycaena peninsulae Verity & Querci, 1923
Maculinea teleius teleius ; [BRU2, 156]

M. t. kazamoto (Druce, 1875)

Japan (Honshu) Lycaena kazamoto Druce, 1875; 361, TL: Yokohama
Maculinea teleius kazamoto ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 211

M. t. euphemia (Staudinger, 1887)

Amur, Ussuri Lycaena euphemia Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 142, TL: Amurland
Lycaena euphemus insignis Sheljuzhko, 1928; Lep. Rdsch. 2: 51, TL: Ussuri

= ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 204

Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 202
Maculinea telejus euphemia ; [BARU, (note)]
Maculinea teleia euphemia ; [MRS, 684]

M. t. obscurata (Staudinger, 1892)

Transbaikalia Lycaena obscurata Staudinger, 1892; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 320, TL: Kentei
Maculinea teleius obscurata, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Maculinea telejus obscurata ; [BARU, (note)]
Maculinea teleius obscurata ; [BRU2, 156]

M. t. splendens (Kozhantshikov, 1924)

Altais, Sayan Lycaena splendens Kozhantshikov, 1924; Ezhegod. Gos. Muz. im. N. A. Mart'yanova, 2 (1): 67
Maculinea telejus ab. splendens ; [BARU, (note)]
Maculinea teleius splendens ; [BRU2, 156]

M. t. daisensis (Matsumura, 1926)

Japan (Honshu) Lycaena euphemus daisensis Matsumura, 1926; 27, pl. 2, f. 8, TL: Tottori-ken, Mt. Daisen
Glaucopsyche teleius daisensis ab. yoshisakai Murayama, 1963; Tyō to Ga 14 (2): 48, f. 39-40, 42-43
Maculinea teleius daisensis ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 209

M. t. chosensis (Matsumura, 1927)

S.Ussuri Lycaena euphemia chosensis Matsumura, 1927; Ins. Matsumurana 1: 161, TL: Korea

= Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 204

Lycaena euphemus coreana Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1: 28 (preocc.), TL: Korea

= Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 204

Lycaena hozanensis Matsumura, 1927; Insecta Matsumurana 1 (4) : 168, pl. 5, f. 10, TL: Korea

= Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 204

Maculinea teleius melancholica Bryk, 1946; Ark. Zool. 38 A (3) : 58, TL: Korea

= Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 204

Maculinea teleius choesenses ; [BRU2, 156 (missp.)]

M. t. hosonoi Takahashi, 1973

Japan (Honshu) Maculinea teleius hosonoi Takahashi, 1973; 80, TL: Nagano-ken, Mt Karamatu, Niigata-ken
Maculinea teleis hakusanensis Fujioka, 1975; 143, pl. 73, f. 53-63

= ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 211

Maculinea teleius hosonoi ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 211

M. t. sinalcon Murayama, 1992

China? Maculinea sinalcon Murayama, 1992; Nature & Ins. 27 (5) : 37
Maculinea teleius sinalcon ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 206
Maculinea teleia sinalcon ; Chou, 1994, in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 684

Maculinea ogumae (Matsumura, 1910)

Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu). See [About maps] Licaena[sic] euphemus var. ogumae Matsumura, 1910; Ent. Zs. 23 (50): 221, TL: Sakhalin
Maculinea teleius ogumae ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 211
Maculinea telejus ogumae ; [BARU, (note)]
Maculinea ogumae ; [BRU2: 157, pl. 67, f. 16-20]

M. o. ogumae

Sakhalin Maculinea ogumae ogumae ; [BRU2, 157]

M. o. doii (Matsumura, 1928)

S.Kuriles Lycaena euphemus doii Matsumura, 1928; Insecta Matsumurana, 2: 199, TL: Kurile Is.
naganumai Kanda, 1934
Maculinea telejus doii ; [BARU, (note)]
Maculinea ogumae doii ; [BRU2, 157]

Maculinea kurentzovi Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994

N.China, N.Korea. See [About maps] Maculinea kurentzovi Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994; Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 196, f. 9-10, 18-24, 40, TL: N. Korea, Yangdo, Mandaeri
Maculinea kurentzovi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Maculinea kurentzovi ; [BARU, -]; [BRU2: 157, pl. 67, f. 22-24]

M. k. kurentzovi

Amur, Ussuri Maculinea kurentzovi kurentzovi ; [BRU2, 157]

M. k. daurica Dubatolov, 1999

Transbaikalia Maculinea kurentzovi daurica ; [BRU2, 157]

Maculinea nausithous (Bergsträsser, [1779])

SEU, CEU, S.Urals - SW.Siberia, Caucasus, Turkey. See [About maps] Dusky Large Blue Modraszek nausitous
Papilio nausithous Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins., 2: 70, pl. 43, f. 1, TL: Germnay, Hanau-Munzberg
Papilio arcas Rottemburg, 1775; Der Naturforscher 6 : 25 (preocc.)
Papilio nausithoe Bergsträsser, [1779]
erebus (Knoch, 1782); Beitr. Insektengesch. 2: pl. 6, f. 6-7
Lycaena kijevensis Sheljuzhko, 1928; Lep. Rdsch. 2: 64
Maculinea nausithous, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Maculinea nausithous, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Maculinea nausithous ; [BARU, #371]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 10, f. 5 (text only)]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 213; [BRU2: 157, pl. 65, f. 37-39]; [Otakar Kudrna]

533x400 (~38Kb) underside female A forest-steppe landscape in the vicinity of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 7th August 1988 (on the larval foodplant Sanguisorba officinalis L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Sanguisorba officinalis, (later in ants nests) [H&R] (ant Myrmica rubra) [BRU2, 157]

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References:

[A. Timchenko]

Andrew Timchenko; Beijing, China (ex-Moscow, Russia)

[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 & Gorbunov; Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia; English translation by Oleg Kosterin; [Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik]

[BOW]

Lewis, 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

[CiNii]

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/

[David Nash]

Ants and their interactions with other organisms; University of Aarhus in Denmark; http://www.biology.aau.dk/~biodrn/Atta/

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[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

[NBC]

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

[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

[Tamįs Baranyi]

Tamįs Baranyi

Some related literature:

Abadjiev, 2002

Types of Balkan butterflies in the collection of The Natural History Museum, London Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 3-53

Aurivillius, 1888

Sveriges, Norges, Danmarks och Finlands. Macrolepidoptera Nordens Fjärilar. Handbok I: 277pp, Lii, 49pls (1888-1891)

Bįlint, 1985

Maculinea alcon limitanea nov. ssp. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Transsylvania, Rumania Galathea 1: 62-74

Bergsträsser, [1779]

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Graftschaft Hanau-Münzenburg Nomen. Ins., 2: 79pp, pl. 15-48

Bergsträsser, [1779]

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Graftschaft Hanau-Münzenburg Nomen. Ins., 3: 48pp, pl. 49-72

Bryk, 1946

Zur Kenntnis der Grossschmetterlinge von Korea. I Ark. Zool. 38 A (3) : 1-74, pl. 1-5

Courvoisier, 1913

Einige neue oder wenig bekannte Lycaeniden-Formen Ent. Mitt. 2 (10) : 289-297

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

van Eecke, 1915

Bijdrage tot de kennis der Nederlandsche Lycaena-soorten Zool. Meded. 1 (3): 22-31

Elwes, 1899

On the Lepidoptera of the Altai Mountains Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (3) : 295-367, pl. 11-14

Eversmann, 1848

Beschreibung einigen neuen falter Russlands Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 21 (3) : 205-232

Fruhstorfer, 1910

Neue palaearktische Rhopaloceren Ent. Zs. 24 (26) : 144 (1 October)

Fruhstorfer, 1915

Neue palaearktische Lycaeniden Soc. ent. 30 (11): 63 (15 October), (12): 67-68 (12 November), (13): 73 (10 December)

Fruhstorfer, 1917

Neue palaearktische Lycaeniden Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2) : 24-43 (1 July)

Hormuzaki, 1892

Beschreibung einiger neuer Tagfaltervarietäten aus der Bucovina und den Nachbargebieten Ent. Nachr. 18 (1) : 1-3

Hormuzaki, 1897

Die Schmetterlinge (Lepidoptera) der Bukowina Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 47 : 120-168

Huang & Wu, 2003

New and little known Chinese butteflies in the collection of the Institue of Zoology, Academia Sinica, Beijing - 1 Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 115-143

Hübner, 1800

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. I. Papiliones - Falter ("Erste Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [1] : 3-74, : pl. 1-88, f. 1-446 (1799-1800), : pl. 89-96, f. 447-490 (1800-1803), : pl. 97-114, f. 491-588 (1803-1804), : pl. 115-119, f. 589-612 (1805), : pl. 120-124, f. 613-636 (1805-1806), : pl. 125-128, f. 637-652 (1806-1808), : pl. 129-144, f. 653-727 (1808-1813), : pl. 145-147, f. 728-741 (1814-1816), : pl. 148-150, f. 742-756 (1816-1817), : pl. 151, f. 757-762 (1818-1819), : pl. 152-154, f. 757-774 (1819-1822), : pl. 155, f. 775-778 (1822-1823), : pl. 156-161, f. 779-806 (1823), : pl. 162-175, f. 807-874 (1823-1824), : pl. 176, f. 869-874 (1824-1825), : pl. 177-181, f. 875-895 (1825-1826), : pl. 182-187, f. 896-981 (1827-1828), : pl. 188-195, f. 922-968 (1828-1832), : pl. 196, f. 969-974 (1832-1833), : pl. 197-201, f. 975-997 (1834-1836), : pl. 202-203, f. 998-1009 (1836-1838), : pl. 204-207, f. 1010-1029 (1837-1838)

Jachontov, [1909]

[? Notice sur les Lčpidoptčres Rhopalocčres du Caucase] Revue Russe Ent. 8 : 282-292

Kardakov, 1928

Zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren des Ussuri-Gebietes Entomol. Mitt. 17 (4): 261-273

Kozhantshikov, 1924

Materialy k faune cheshuekrylykh Minusinskogo kraya, II Ezhegod. Gos. Muz. im. N. A. Mart'yanova, 2 (1): 66-75

Krulikovsky, 1892

Lycaena Arion L., var. Rühli, nova Soc. Ent. 7 (1) : 1

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

Matsumura, 1910

Lycaeniden Japans Ent. Zs. 23 (49): 217-218, (50): 221-222

Matsumura, 1919

Thousand Insects of Japan. Additamenta 3 [Shin Nihon senchu zukai] Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 475-742, pl. 26-53

Matsumura, 1927

A list of the butterflies of Corea, with description of new species, subspecies and aberrations Insecta Matsumurana 1 (4) : 159-170

Matsumura, 1927

Some new Butterflies Ins. Matsumurana 2 (2) : 114-118

Melvill, 1873

Description of Lycaena arthurus, a new European butterfly Ent. mon. Mag. 9 : 263

Murayama, 1963

Remarks on some butterflies from Japan and Korea, with descriptions of 2 races, 1 form, 4 aberrant forms Tyō to Ga 14 (2): 43-50

Murayama, 1991

Remarks on new taxa of Satyridae & Lycaenidae from North China and Chejudo Island Nature & Ins. 26 (3): 20-21

Murayama, 1992

Some new Lycaenid species of Chinese Rhopalocera Nature & Ins. 27 (5) : 37-41

Rezbanyai, 1978

Maculinea arion buholzeri n. ssp. und das arion-Problem in der Zertalschweiz Mitt. schweiz. Ent. Ges. 51: 399-406

Rottemburg, 1775

Unmertungen zu den Hufnagelifchen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge Der Naturforscher 6 : 1-34

Scriba, 1921

Drei neue Schmetterlinge aus Central-Japan Ent. Rundschau. 38 (6): 25, (7): 29

Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994

The genus Maculinea van Eecke, 1915 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the East Palaearctic Region Tyō to Ga 44 (4) : 157-220

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

Lepidopteren des Kentei-Gebirges Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (2) : 300-393

Wagner, 1904

Lycaena arion L. nov. var. Soc. Ent. 19 (1) : 1

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