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Scolitantides Hübner, [1819]

Scolitantides Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (5): 68, TS: Papilio battus Denis & Schiffermüller
Scolitantides (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 146]
Scolitantides (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449

Scolitantides orion (Pallas, 1771)

EU, tr, C.Asia, S.Siberia, Japan. See [About maps] Kalliosinisiipi Chequered Blue Sotblåvinge Banda Naranja Modraszek orion
Papilio orion Pallas, 1771; Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 471, TL: [Krymza River, Syzran Distr., Samara region, Russia]
Papilio battus [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 185
Papilio telephii Esper, 1778; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (9): 363, (7): pl. 41, f. 2
Papilio sedi Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 2 : 121, n. 538
Polyommatus hecateus Drapier, 1819; Ann. Sci. Phys. Brux. 2: 355, pl. 30, f. 5
Lycaena orion ab. ♀ rubrifasciata Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10) : 291
Scolitantides ultraornata Verity, 1937; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 49 : 72, TL: Sortavala
Scolitantides orion, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Scolitantides orion, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Scolitantides orion, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Scolitantides orion, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Scolitantides orion, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Scolitantides orion, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Scolitantides orion, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Scolitantides orion ; [BARU, #364]; [BOW: pl. 10, f. 28-29]; [MRS, 685]; [BRU2: 146, pl. 64, f. 1-18]; [Otakar Kudrna]

600x293 (~23Kb) larva Finland, Heinolan mlk 679:45, ex. ovo 10.7.1983 Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

630x541 (~42Kb) pupa Finland, Heinolan mlk 679:45, ex. ovo 17.07.1983 Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

Larva on Sedum telephium, S. aizoon, S. ewersii [SPRK], Crassulaceae [MRS], Sedum hybridum, (Zailiisky Alatau) [BRU2, 146]

S. o. orion

EU, Caucasus, C.Siberia, Transbaikalia, Far East Scolitantides orion orion ; [BRU2, 146]

Larva on Sedum album, (C.Russia) [BRU2, 146]

S. o. johanseni (Wnukowsky, 1934)

N.Tien-Shan, Dzhungargky Alatau, Altai, Sayan Lycaena johanseni Wnukowsky, 1934; Ent. An. 14: 111
Scolitantides orion johanseni ; [BARU, (note)]

577x835 (~123Kb) upperside underside Russia: C. Tuva, 50km to S from Kyzul tn., 28.6-2.7.2002, Vashchenko A. & B. leg. Photo © D. Smirnov

S. o. jezoensis (Matsumura, 1919)

Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin Lycaena jezoensis Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 651
Lycaena orion var. ornata Staudinger, 1892; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6 : 159 (preocc.)
Lycaena coreana Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1: 30 (preocc.)
schmidti (Kardakov, 1928)
?Lycaena schmidti Kardakov, 1928; Entomol. Mitt. 17 (4): 272 (?? Maculinea arion ab.?)
Scolitantides athene Hemming, 1934; Stylops 3 : 98 (repl. Lycaena orion var. ornata Staudinger, 1892)
Lycaena dageletensis Seok, 1938; Zephyrus 8: 28
Lycaena jeholana Matsumura, 1939; Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 357
Scolitantides matsumuranus Bryk, 1946; Ark. Zool. 38 A (3) : 59 (repl. Lycaena coreana Matsumuar, 1926)
Scolitantides orion ornata ; [Oleg Kosterin]
Scolitantides orion coreana ; [MRS, 685]

533x400 (~41Kb) underside A bushy western slope of a mountain on the Katun' River right bank N of the village Manzherok, Maima District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 30th June 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Orostachys, (Ussuri) [BRU2, 146]

7.12.2011 (1)

References:

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[BARU]

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

[BHL]

The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!

[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

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[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

[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

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[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

Some related literature:

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

Esper, 1778

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil I. Die Tagschmetterlinge. Band 1 Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-6 (1776), (2): 41-72, pl. 7-12 (1776), (3): 73-104, pl. 13-18 (1777), (4): 105-120, pl. 19-24 (1777), (5): 121-144, pl. 25-30 (1777), (6): 145-176, pl. 31-36 (1777), (7): 177-200, pl. 37-46 (1778), (8): 201-216, pl. 43-48 (1778), (9): 217-388, pl. 49-50 (1779)

Fabricius, 1781

Species Insectorum Exhibentes Eorum Differentia Specifica, Synonyma Auctorum, Loca Natalia, Metamorphosin Adiectis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Tom II Spec. Ins. 2 : 1-494 (1781), : 495-514 (appendix), 515-517 (index) ([1782])

Hemming, 1934

Some notes in the nomenclature of Palaearctic and African Rhopalocera Stylops 3 : 97-99

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Kardakov, 1928

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

Matsumura, 1919

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

Matsumura, 1939

The butterflies from Jehol (Nekka) Manchoukuo, collected by Marqis Y. Yamashina Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 343-359, pl. XIII-XIV

Pallas, 1771

Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs in den Jahren 1768-1774 Reise Russ. Reich. 1: 1-504, 23pls

Staudinger, 1892

Die Macrolepidopteren des Amurgebiets. I. Theil. Rhopalocera, Sphinges, Bombyces, Noctuae in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 6 : 83-658, pl. 4-14

Verity, 1937

New Finnish race of Scolitantides orion, Pall., compared with the others of the species Ent. Rec. J. Var. 49 : 71-73

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