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Artopoetes Chapman, 1909

Artopoetes Chapman, 1909; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 473, TS: Lycaena pryeri Murray
Artopoetes (Theclini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 430
Artopoetes (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 85]

Artopoetes pryeri (Murray, 1873)

NE.China. See [About maps] Lycaena pryeri Murray, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 126, TL: Japan [Honshu]
Lycaena nakamurai Kanda & Kato, 1931; Insect World[?] 35: 375
?Artopoetes jezoensis Shirôzu, 1952
Artopoetes pryeri; [BARU, #299]
Artopoetes pryeri ; [BOW: pl. 205, f. 13]; [MRS, 619]; [BRU2: 85, pl. 49, f. 39-31]

1052x685 (~70Kb) underside Chichibu, Saitama, Japan, 7-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

Larva on Syringa amurensis [BHR], Ligustrum obtusifolius, L. tschonoskii, L. ovalifolium, L. salicinum, L. ibota, L. japonicum, Syringa reticulata, S. vulgaris [MRS]

A. p. pryeri

Japan (Honshu) Artopoetes pryeri pryeri ; [BRU2, 85]

A. p. shikokuana (Okubo, 1935)

Japan (Honshu) Artopoetes pryeri shikokuana ; [BRU2, 85]

A. p. isurugiae Okano, 1954

Japan (Honshu) Artopoetes pryeri isurugiae Okano, 1954; Rep. Gakugei Fac. Iwate Univ. 6 (2): 39, TL: Japan, Morioka?
Artopoetes pryeri isurugiae ; [BRU2, 85]

A. p. yatsugabakensis Murayama, 1954

Japan (Honshu) ?yatsukadakensis Muryaama, 1954
Artopoetes pryeri yatsugabakensis ; [BRU2, 85]

A. p. yezoensis Nakahara, 1951

Japan (Hokkaido)

A. p. continentalis Shirôzu, 1953

S.Amur, Ussuri, Korea Artopoetes continentalis Shirôzu, 1953; Sieboldia 1 (1952): 20, TL: NE.Korea
Artopoetes pryeri continentalis ; [BRU2, 85]

Larva on Syringa amurensis [BRU2, 85]

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References:

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[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

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[S. Shuichi Haupt]

e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm

Some related literature:

Chapman, 1909

A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. nec Dalm.) on examination of the male ancilliary appendages Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909 (2) : 419-476

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

Murray, 1873

Description of a new Japanese species of Lycaena, and change of name of L. cassioides Murray Ent. mon. Mag. 10 : 126

Shirôzu, 1953

New or little know butterflies from the North-Eastern Asia, with some synonymic notes. I Sieboldia 1 (1952): 11-37, 11pls

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