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Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946
Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946; Ark. Zool. 38: 50 (repl. Satsuma Murray, 1874), TS: Lycaena ferrea Butler
= Callophrys ; [NL4A, 125]
Satsuma Murray, 1874; Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 168 (preocc. Satsuma Adams, 1868 (Mollusca)), TS: Lycaena ferrea Butler
= ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440
Ginzia Okano, 1941; Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11: 239 (repl. Satsuma Murray, 1874), TS: Lycaena ferrea Butler
= ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440

Lycaena ; Butler, 1866, J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (34) : 57 (in part)
Thecla ; Lederer, 1855, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5: 100 (in part); Elwes, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 887 (in part); Kirby, 1871, Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 398 (in part); Pratt, 1892, To the snows of Tibet through China: 254 (in part); Pryer, 1946, A list of butterflies and associated insects donated to the British Museum by H. J. S. Pryer: 16 (in part)
Satsuma ; Elwes, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 865; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440; Leech, 1894, Butts China Japan Corea (2): 353 (in part); South, 1902, Catalogue of the collection of palaearctic butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and ...: 140 (in part); Seitz, 1924, : 264 (in part); Okamoto, 1923, Catalog of Specimens Exhibited at Chosen: 68 (in part); Matsumura, 1929, Ill. comm. Ins. Japan 1: 23 (in part); Doi, 1931, J. Chosen Nat. Hist. 12: 46 (in part); Nakayama, 1932, Bull. Chosen Agric. Exp. Stat.: 32 (in part); Uchida, 1932, Icon. Ins. Jap.: 989 (in part); Seok & Takacuka, 1932, Zephyrus 4: 316 (in part); Seok, 1933, Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 15: 70 (in part); Seok, 1934, Bull. Kagoshima Coll. 25 Anniv. 1: 763 (in part); Seok, 1935, Zephyrus 6: 99 (in part); Seok, 1936, : 64 (in part); Mori, Doi & Cho, 1934, Colored butterflies from Korea: 27 (in part); Seok & Nishimoto, 1935, Zephyrus 6: 97 (in part); Haku, 1936, Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 21: 117 (in part); Esaki, 1939, Insectorum Japonicorum illustratio ...: 219 (in part); Seok, 1939, A synonymic list of the butterflies of Korea: 216 (in part); Sibatani, 1946, ? Bull. lep. Soc. Japan 1 (3): 64 (in part); Schwanswitsch, 1948, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 119: 256 (in part); Miyahima, Distibutional listing of Japanese butterflies: 175 (in part)
Ginsia[sic] ; Korschunov, 1972, Review of the Ent. of the U.S.S.R. 51: 359
Incisalia ; Brown, 1942, Colorado College General Series 233, Studies Series No. 33: 21 (in part); Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 149 (in part)
Ahlbergia ; Kuroko, 1957, Ennumeratio Insectorum Montis Hikosan: 98; Shirozu & Hara, 1962, Early stages of Japanese butterflies in color. Vol. 2: 94; Igarashi, 1973, Tyo to Ga 23: 68
Ahlbergia (Eumaeini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 440
Ahlbergia ; Johnson, 1992, [NEN29, 12]
Ahlbergia (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 118]

The chalybeia species-group

Ahlbergia chalybeia (Leech, 1890)
Hupeh, Szechwan. See [About maps] Satsuma chalybeia Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 43, TL: Chang Yang
Ahlbergia chalybeia ; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: II:4, I:77, III:82; Johnson, 1992, [NEN29, 16]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 63 (note)
Ginzia chalybaea ;
Ginzia chalybaea[sic?] ; [BHR]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Satsuma chalybeia var. pluto (= Ahlbergia pluto); Leech, 1894, Butts China Japan Corea (2): 355
Satsuma pluto (= Ahlbergia pluto); South, 1902, Catalogue of the collection of palaearctic butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and ...: 140

Ahlbergia chalcidis Chou & Li, 1994
Yunnan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia chalcidis Chou & Li, 1994; in Chou, Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2: 770, 656, f. 70, TL: Kunming, Yunnan
Ahlbergia chalcidis ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 62,63 (note)

Ahlbergia bimaculata Johnson, 1992
Szechwan, Yunnan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia bimaculata Johnson, 1992; [NEN29, 18], TL: Tsekou, Szechwan Province, W.China

The ferrea species-group

Ahlbergia ferrea (Butler, 1866)
Japan. See [About maps] Lycaena ferrea Butler, 1866; J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (34) : 57, TL: Hakodate, Japan
Ahlbergia ferrea, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]

Lycaena ferrea ; de Nicéville, 1891, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 374
Satsuma ferrea ; Murray, 1874, Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 168 (type of Satsuma)
Satsuma frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea ; Seitz, 1921, Macrolepidoptera of the World: 264, pl. 72, fig. f.; Okamoto, 1923, Catalog of Specimens Exhibited at Chosen: 68; Doi, 1931, J. Chosen Nat. Hist. 12: 46; Uchida, 1932, Icon. Ins. Jap.: 989; Nakayama, 1932, Bull. Chosen Agric. Exp. Stat.: 381; Seok & Takacuka, 1932, Zephyrus 4: 316; Seok, 1933, Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 15: 70; Seok, 1934, Bull. Kagoshima Coll. 25 Anniv. 1: 763; Seok, 1935, Zephyrus 6: 99; Seok, 1936, : 64; Mori, Doi & Cho, 1934, Colored butterflies from Korea: 44, pl. 27, f. 4; Seok & Nishimoto, 1935, Zephyrus 6: 97; Haku, 1936, Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 21: 117; Esaki, 1939, Insectorum Japonicorum illustratio ...: 219, pl. 103, f. 398
Satsuma ferrea ; Nakayama, 1932, Bull. Chosen Agric. Exp. Stat.: 381; Mori, Doi & Cho, 1934, Colored butterflies from Korea: 27; Seok, 1939, A synonymic list of the butterflies of Korea: 216; Sibatani, 1946, ? Bull. lep. Soc. Japan 1 (3): 64; Miyahima, Distibutional listing of Japanese butterflies: 175
Ginzia frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea ; Okano, 1941, Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11:
Incisalia frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea ; Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 149
Callophrys frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea ; Ziegler, 1960, J. Lep. Soc. 14 (1960): 21
Incisalia frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea ; Brown, 1942, Colorado College General Series 233, Studies Series No. 33: 21
Ginsia[sic] ferrea ; Korschunov, 1972, Review of the Ent. of the U.S.S.R. 51: 359 (in part)
Ginzia ferrea ; Korschunov, 1972, Review of the Ent. of the U.S.S.R. 51: 359 (in part)
Ahlbergia ferrea ; Kim, 1961, Jour. Kor. Colt. Res. Inst. II, 1: 278; Shirozu & Hara, 1962, Early stages of Japanese butterflies in color. Vol. 2: 94; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: I:33, II:4, III:11; Johnson, 1992, [NEN29, 20]
Ginzia ferrea ; [BHR]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Satsuma frivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia ferrea); Matsumura, 1929, Ill. comm. Ins. Japan 1: 23 (in part)
Satsuma frivaldzkyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia ferrea); Seok, 1939, A synonymic list of the butterflies of Korea: 216 (in part); Courvoisier, 1920, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34 : 230 (in part)
Ahlbergia frivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia ferrea); Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38: 50 (in part)

Ahlbergia korea Johnson, 1992
Amur, Ussuri, NE.China, Korea. See [About maps] Ahlbergia korea Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 23
Callophrys frivaldskyi[sic] ; Ziegler, 1960, J. Lep. Soc. 14 (1960): 21 (in part)
Ahlbergia korea ; [BARU, #341]; [BRU2: 119, pl. 56, f. 10-11]
Misidentified/misapplied:

Thecla frivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia korea); Elwes, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 887 (in part); Pryer, 1946, A list of butterflies and associated insects donated to the British Museum by H. J. S. Pryer: 16 (in part)
Thecla trivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia korea); Kirby, 1871, Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 398 (in part)
Thecla frivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia korea); de Nicéville, 1891, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 375 (in part); Seitz, 1921, Macrolepidoptera of the World: 264, pl. 72, fig. f. (in part); Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 149 (in part); Elwes, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 865 (in part); Matsumura, 1929, Ill. comm. Ins. Japan 1: 23 (in part)
Satsuma frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea (= Ahlbergia korea); Seitz, 1906-??54, : 264, pl. 72, fig. f. (in part); Okamoto, 1923, Catalog of Specimens Exhibited at Chosen: 68 (in part); Doi, 1931, J. Chosen Nat. Hist. 12: 46 (in part); Uchida, 1932, Icon. Ins. Jap.: 989 (in part); Nakayama, 1932, Bull. Chosen Agric. Exp. Stat.: 381 (in part); Seok & Takacuka, 1932, Zephyrus 4: 316 (in part); Seok, 1933, Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 15: 70 (in part); Seok, 1934, Bull. Kagoshima Coll. 25 Anniv. 1: 763 (in part); Seok, 1935, Zephyrus 6: 99 (in part); Seok, 1939, A synonymic list of the butterflies of Korea: 64 (in part); Mori, Doi & Cho, 1934, Colored butterflies from Korea: 44, pl. 27, f. 4 (in part); Seok & Nishimoto, 1935, Zephyrus 6: 97 (in part); Haku, 1936, Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 21: 117 (in part); Esaki, 1939, Insectorum Japonicorum illustratio ...: 219, pl. 103, f. 398 (in part)
Satsuma ferrea (= Ahlbergia korea); Murray, 1874, Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 168 (in part); Nakayama, 1932, Bull. Chosen Agric. Exp. Stat.: 381 (in part); Mori, Doi & Cho, 1934, Colored butterflies from Korea: 27 (in part); Seok, 1939, A synonymic list of the butterflies of Korea: 216 (in part); Sibatani, 1946, ? Bull. lep. Soc. Japan 1 (3): 64 (in part); Miyahima, Distibutional listing of Japanese butterflies: 175 (in part)
Satsuma ferrea frivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia korea); Leech, 1894, Butts China Japan Corea (2): 353
Ginsia[sic] ferrea (= Ahlbergia korea); Korschunov, 1972, Review of the Ent. of the U.S.S.R. 51: 359 (in part)
Ginzia ferrea (= Ahlbergia korea); Korschunov, 1972, Review of the Ent. of the U.S.S.R. 51: 359 (in part)
Ahlbergia frivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia korea); Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38: 50 (in part)
Incisalia frivaldskyi[sic] (= Ahlbergia korea); Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 149 (in part)
Incisalia frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea (= Ahlbergia korea); Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 149 (in part)
Callophrys ferrea (= Ahlbergia korea); Kawazoe & Wakabayachi, 1977, The butterflies of Japan: 118 (in part)
Incisalia frivaldskyi[sic] ferrea (= Ahlbergia korea); Brown, 1942, Colorado College General Series 233, Studies Series No. 33: 21 (in part)

Larva on Lonicera chamissoi, Padus maackii [BRU2, 119]


Ahlbergia leei Johnson, 1992
NW.Amur, Transbaikalia - Sayan Mountains. See [About maps] Ahlbergia leei Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 25, TL: China and Amurland
Ahlbergia leei ; [BRU2: 119, pl. 56, f. 4-6]

Ahlbergia arquata Johnson, 1992
W.Tien-Shan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia arquata Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 27, TL: Andijan, E.Turkestan
Ahlbergia arquata ; [BRU2: 120, pl. 56, f. 19]

The pluto species-group

Ahlbergia pluto (Leech, 1893)
-. See [About maps] Satsuma chalybeia var. pluto Leech, [1893]; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 355 (misidentified in part), TL: Chow-pin-sa, Yunnan

Satsuma pluto ; South, 1902, Catalogue of the collection of palaearctic butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and ...: 140 (misidentified in part)
Ginzia pluto ; Okano, 1941, Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11: 239
Ahlbergia pluto ; Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38: 50
Incisalia pluto ; Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 145
Ahlbergia pluto ; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: I:277, II:4, III:33
Ginzia pluto ; [BHR]
Satsuma pluto ; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 31]
Sichuan Ahlbergia pluto pluto ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 64 (note)
A. p. cyanus Johnson, 1992
Yunnan Ahlbergia pluto cyanus Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 31, TL: Loutsechiang, Yunnan
Ahlbergia pluto cyanus ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 60 (note), f. 95-96, 98-99, pl. 8, f. 5-7

Ahlbergia clarofacia Johnson, 1992
Sichuan, Yunnan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia pluto clarofacia Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 32, TL: Ta-sien-lu, Sezchwan and Yunnan
Ahlbergia clarofacia ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 64 (note)
A. c. meridionalis Huang, 2003
S.Yunnan Ahlbergia clarofacia meridionalis Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 64, f. 100, pl. 8, f. 8, TL: Xishuangbanna,S.Yunnan

Ahlbergia aleucopuncta Johnson, 1992
Szechwan, Yunnan, Tibet, Manchuria, Amur, Ussuri. See [About maps] Ahlbergia aleucopuncta Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 33, TL: "Qua-se, Yo-tong, Kitchang-Kou", Tibet
Ahlbergia aleucopuncta ; [BRU2: 120, pl. 56, f. 13-15]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 66 (note)

Ahlbergia unicolora Johnson, 1992
Yunnan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia unicolora Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 34, TL: Loutsechiang (Lutien), Yunnan
Ahlbergia unicolora ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 66 (note)

Ahlbergia pictila Johnson, 1992
Ahlbergia pictila Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 35, TL: Kopadi, Tibet
Ahlbergia pictila ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 66 (note)

Ahlbergia caerulea Johnson, 1992
Kansu. See [About maps] Ahlbergia caerulea Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 36, TL: Saio-Hou (Siho), Kansu

Ahlbergia zhujianhuai Huang & Wu, 2003
S.Sichuan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia zhujianhuai Huang & Wu, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 129, f. 24-26, pl. 11, f. 2-3, TL: Mi-yi, Pan-zhi-hua, S.Sichuan, 2000m

The frivaldszkyi species-group

Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi (Lederer, 1855)
Mountains of S.Siberia, Altai - Ussuri, S.Yakutia, NE.Kazakhstan, Mongolia. See [About maps] Thecla frivaldszkyi Lederer, 1855; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5 : 100, pl. 1, f. 1, TL: W. Altai, Ust'-Bukhtarminsk
Satsuma frivaldzskyi Leech
Thecla frivaldszkyi ?Kinderman, 1853; in Lederer

Thecla frivaldszkyi ; Elwes, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 887; Pryer, 1884, : 16
Thecla trivaldskyi[sic] ; Kirby, 1871, Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 398
Thecla frivaldskyi[sic] ; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): 212, pl. 85, f. 726-728
Satsuma? fridvalskyi[sic] ; Elwes, [1882], Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 865
Satsuma frivaldskyi[sic] ; de Nicéville, 1891, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 375; Seitz, 1921, Macrolepidoptera of the World: 264, pl. 72, fig. f.; Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 149; Elwes, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 865 (in part); Matsumura, 1929, Ill. comm. Ins. Japan 1: 23 (in part)
Satsuma frivaldzskyi ; Seok, 1939, A synonymic list of the butterflies of Korea:216
Satsuma ferrea frivaldskyi[sic] ; Leech, 1894, Butts China Japan Corea:
Ginzia frivaldskyi[sic] ; Okano, 1941, Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11: 239
Incisalia frivaldskyi[sic] ; Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 149
Incisalia frivaldszkyi ; F. Brown, ?1947, 21
Callophrys frivaldszkyi ; Ziegler, 1960, J. Lep. Soc. 14 (1960): 21
Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi ; Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38: 50
Ahlbergia frivaldskyi ; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: I:138, II:4, III:82; Johnson, 1992, [NEN29: 39]
Ahlbergia leei Jonhson, 1992; [BARU, (sensu)]
Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi ; [BARU, #340]; [MRS, 656]; [BRU2: 118, pl. 56, f. 1-3, 7-9, 16-18]
Ginzia frivaldsky ; [BHR]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Satsuma ferrea (= Ahlbergia frivaldzskyi); Murray, 1874, Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 168 (in part); Nakayama, 1932, Bull. Chosen Agric. Exp. Stat.: 381 (in part); Mori, Doi & Cho, 1934, Colored butterflies from Korea: 27 (in part); Seok, 1939, A synonymic list of the butterflies of Korea: 216 (in part); Sibatani, 1946, ? Bull. lep. Soc. Japan 1 (3): 64 (in part); Miyahima, Distibutional listing of Japanese butterflies: 175 (in part)
Ginzia ferrea (= Ahlbergia frivaldzskyi); Korschunov, 1972, Review of the Ent. of the U.S.S.R. 51: 359 (in part)
Callophrys ferrea (= Ahlbergia frivaldzskyi); Kawazoe & Wakabayachi, 1977, The butterflies of Japan: 118 (in part)
Ahlbergia ferrea (= Ahlbergia frivaldzskyi); Kim, 1961, Jour. Kor. Colt. Res. Inst. II, 1: 278 (in part); Shirozu & Hara, 1962, Early stages of Japanese butterflies in color. Vol. 2: 94 (in part)
[frivaldszkyi-1v.jpg] 443x400 (~36Kb) underside An edge of an asp/birch/bird cherry wood in the valley of a brook being a right tributary of the Chem River, 5 km NNE of the village Ust'-Chem, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 9th May 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Spiraea hypericifolia [BARU]


Altai Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi frivaldszkyi ; [BRU2, 118]
A. f. tricaudata Johnson, 1992
Sayan - Transbaikalia Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi tricaudata Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 41, TL: China and Tunkinsk
Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi tricaudata ; [BRU2, 118]
A. f. aquilonaria Johnson, 1992
Altai, Sayan, Amur, Ussuri, NE.China, Manchuria Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi aquilonaria Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 43, TL: Manchuria
inopinata Omelko & Omelko, 1995
Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi aquilonaria ; [BRU2, 118]

Larva on Aruncus parvulus, (S.Ussuri) [BRU2, 119]


The circe species-group

Ahlbergia circe (Leech, 1893)
Tibet, Yunnan, Szecwan. See [About maps] Satsuma circe Leech, 1893; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 354, TL: Ta-chien-lu, W.Szechwan
Satsuma circe ; South, 1902, Catalogue of the collection of palaearctic butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and ...: 140
Ginzia circe ; Okano, 1941, Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11: 239; [BHR]
Ahlbergia circe ; Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38: 50
Incicalia circe ; Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 145
Satsuma circe ; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 32 (text)]
Ahlbergia circe ; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: I:81, II:4, III:83; Johnson, 1992, [NEN29: 44]
A. c. montivaga Johnson, 1992
"Kunlan Shan" Ahlbergia circe montivaga Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 46, TL: Kopadi, Tibet

Ahlbergia haradai Igarashi, 1973
Ahlbergia haradai Igarashi, 1973; Tyo to Ga 23, 68, TL: Mt. Godavari, nr. Kathmandu, Nepal, 2400m
?Callophrys haradai ; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: I:152, II:19, IV:51

Ahlbergia prodiga Johnson, 1992
Yunnan (type location). See [About maps] Ahlbergia prodiga Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 48, TL: Wui-si (Weisi, Bahand), Yunnan
Ahlbergia prodiga ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 62, 103 (note), f. 165, pl. 8, f. 12

Ahlbergia caesius Johnson, 1992
E.Tibet, W.Szechwan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia caesius Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 49, TL: E.Tibet

Ahlbergia lynda Johnson, 1992
-. See [About maps] Ahlbergia lynda Johnson, 1992; Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 50, TL: Ta-tsien-Lou (Kangting), Szechwan
Sichuan Ahlbergia lynda lynda ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 60 (note)
A. l. nidadana Huang, 2003
Yunnan Ahlbergia lynda nidadana Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 60, f. 91-92, 97, pl. 8, f. 1-3, TL: Nidadan, Nujian valley, NW.Yunnan

The leechii species-group

Ahlbergia leechii (de Nicéville, [1893])
NE.India. See [About maps] Satsuma leechii de Nicéville, [1893]; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7 (3) : 335, TL: Jaintia (Khasia) Hills, Assam

; de Nicéville, 1891, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3): (description without name)
Satsuma leechii ; Evans, 1912, J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (3): 969
Callophrys leechii ; Swinhoe, 1910-1911, 257
Ginzia leechii ; Okano, 1941, Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11: 239
Ahlbergia leechii ; Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38: 50
Incisalia leechii ; Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 145
Ahlbergia leechii ; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: I:193, II:4, III:23
Ginzia leechi ; [BHR]

Ahlbergia nicevillei (Leech, 1893)
Hupeh, W.Yunnan. See [About maps] Satsuma nicevillei Leech, 1893; Butts China Japan Corea (2): 355, TL: Chang-yang, Hupeh
Ginzia nicevillei ; Okano, 1941, Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11: 239; [BHR]
Ahlbergia nicevillei ; Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38: 50
Incisalia nicevillei ; Gillham, 1956, Psyche 62: 145
Satsuma nicevillei ; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 32 (text)]
Ahlbergia nicevillei ; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: I:242, II:4, III:83; Johnson, 1992, [NEN29: 53]; [MRS, 655]

The ? species-group

Ahlbergia hsui Johnson, 2000
S.Gansu. See [About maps] Ahlbergia hsui ; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 62 (note)

Ahlbergia distincta Huang, 2003
Yunnan. See [About maps] Ahlbergia distincta Huang, 2003; Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 62, f. 94, pl. 8, f. 4, TL: Nidadan, Nujiang valley, NW.Yunnan

The ?? species-group

?Ahlbergia "wellsorum" (Johnson M/S)
Tibet, Ta Ho. See [About maps] Ginzia "wellsorum" Johnson M/S
?Ginzia "wellsorum" ; [BHR]

?Ahlbergia "kimi" (Johnson M/S)
SE.Siberia, Korea, Manchuria. See [About maps] Ginzia "kimi" Johnson M/S
?Ginzia "kimi" ; [BHR]


Unknown or unplaced taxa

Satsuma pratti Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23 : 44, TL: Ichang


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References:
[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, Y. P., Gorbunov, P. Y.; Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia; English translation by Oleg Kosterin; [Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik]
[BHR]
D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 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
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[NEN29]
Kurt Johnson, 1992; The palaearctic "Elfin" Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae); Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 29.; ISSN 0822-3773; e-mail: Kurt Johnson; and his web site; http://www.edutrek.net/
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
[Oleg Kosterin]
Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[SZMN]
Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum


Some related literature:
Bridges, 1988
Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: 1-811
Brown, 1942
Animals above timberline Colorado and Ecuador Colorado College General Series 233, Studies Series No. 33: 29 pp.
Bryk, 1946
Type Lycaena ferra for Satsuma Murray nec. Adams (trans.) Ark. Zool. 38: 50
Butler, 1866
A list of the diurnal Lepidoptera recently collected by Mr. Whitely in Hakodadi (North Japan) J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (34) : 50-58
Courvoisier, 1920
Zur Synonymie des genus Lycaena Dt. ent. Z. Iris 34: 230-262 : 230-262
de Nicéville, 1891
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 6 (3) : 341-398, pl. F-G
de Nicéville, [1893]
On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan region J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 7 (3) : 322-357, pl. H-J
Doi, 1931
A list of Rhopalocera from Mt. Shouyou, Keidirdo, Korea J. Chosen Nat. Hist. 12: 42-47
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
Elwes, 1881; Elwes, [1882]
On the butterflies of Amurland, North China and Japan Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881 : 856-916
Esaki, 1939
Insectorum Japonicorum illustratio iconographica, coloribus ad naturum depicta Insectorum Japonicorum illustratio ...
Evans, 1912
A list of Indian butterflies J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 553-584, (3): 969-1008
Gillham, 1956
Incisalia Scudder, a Holarctic genus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Psyche 62: 145-150
Haku, 1936
A list of insects collected from North Keisho-do, Korea Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 21: 117
Hewitson, 1878
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Huang, 2003
A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114
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
Igarashi, 1973
Ahlbergia haradai, a new lycaenid butterfly from Nepal Tyo to Ga 23: 68-74
Johnson, 1992
The Palaearctic "Elfin" Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae) Neue Ent. Nachr. 29: 3-141
Kim, 1961
An analysis of the geographic distributions of Korean butterflies Jour. Kor. Colt. Res. Inst. II, 1: 235-294
Kirby, 1871
A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal Lepidoptera Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep.: vii + 690pp : 1-690
Korschunov, 1972
Annotated list of Rhopalocera of the U.S.S.R Review of the Ent. of the U.S.S.R. 51: 352-368
Lederer, 1855
Weiterer beitrag zur Schmetterlinge-fauna de Altaigerbirges in Sibirien Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5 : 97-120, pl. 1-2
Leech, 1890
New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
Leech, 1893; Leech, 1894
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)
Murray, 1874
Notes on Japanese Butterflies, with descriptions of new Genera and Species Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 166-172
Nakayama, 1932
A guide to general information concerning Corean butterflies Bull. Chosen Agric. Exp. Stat.: 365-386
Okano, 1941
[Description of genus Ginzia] Tokyo, Igaku to Seihutugako 11: 239
Schwanswitsch, 1948
Evolution of the wing pattern in the lycaenid Lepidoptera Proc. Zool. Soc. London 119: 189-263
Seok, 1933
Concerning Satsuma ferrea at Songdo Journ. Chos. Nat. Hist. 15: 70
Seok, 1934
Concerning Satsuma ferrea at Songdo Bull. Kagoshima Coll. 25 Anniv. 1: 763
Seok, 1935
Concerning Satsuma ferrea at Mt. Kongo Zephyrus 6: 99
Seok & Nishimoto, 1935
Concerning Satsuma ferrea at Ranan Zephyrus 6: 97
Seok & Takacuka, 1932
Concerning Satsuma ferrea at Kyuzyo Zephyrus 4: 316
South, 1902
Catalogue of the collection of palaearctic butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the trustees of the British Museum by his mother Mrs. Elisa Leech Catalogue of the collection of palaearctic butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and ...
Uchida, 1932
Concerning Satsuma ferrea in Korea Icon. Ins. Jap.: 989
Ziegler, 1960
Preliminary contribution to a redefinition of the genera of North America hairstreaks (Lycaenidae) north of Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 14 (1960): 19-23


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