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Japonica Tutt, [1907]
Japonica Tutt, [1907]; Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts 2: 277, TS: Dipsas saepestriata Hewitson
Japonica (Theclini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 430
Japonica (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 91]

Japonica saepestriata (Hewitson, 1865)
Ussuri, NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Dipsas saepestriata Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 67, pl. 26, f. 7-8, TL: Japan [Honshu]
Japonica saepestriata ; [BARU, #306]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 2, 3]; [MRS, 627]; [BRU2: 91, pl. 50, f. 19-21]

Larva on Quercus [BARU], Quercus acutissima, Quercus variablis, Q. serrata [MRS]

Ussuri, Japan Japonica saepestriata saepestriata ; [BRU2, 91]

Larva on Quercus mongolica, (Ussuri) [BRU2, 91]

J. s. gotohi Saigusa, 1993
S.Honshu Japonica saepestriata gotohi Saigusa, 1993; , TL: S.Honshu, Kii Peninsula
Japonica saepestriata gotohi ; [BRU2, 91]

Larva on Quercus phillyraeoides [BRU2, 91]

J. s. takenakakazuoi Fujioka, 1993
C.China Japonica saepestriata takenakakazuoi ; [BRU2, 91]

Japonica lutea (Hewitson, 1865)
N.China, Korea. See [About maps] Dipsas lutea Hewitson, 1865; Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 67, pl. 26, f. 9-10, TL: Japan [Honshu]
Japonica lutea, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Shirozua lutea ; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 33 (text)]
Japonica lutea ; [MRS, 626]; [BRU2: 92, pl. 50, f. 13-15]

Larva on Quercus serrata, Q. acutissima [BHR], Quercus dentata, Q. mongolica [BARU], Fabaceae, Quercus variabilis, Q. aliena [MRS]

Japan
J. l. dubatolovi Fujioka, 1993
Amur, Ussuri, NE.China?, Korea? Japonica lutea dubatolovi Fujioka, 1993; , TL: near town Arseniev, S.Ussuri
Japonica lutea dubatolovi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Japonica lutea dubatolovi ; [BRU2, 92]

Larva on Quercus mongolica [BRU2, 92]

J. l. gansuensis Murayama, 1991
Japonica lutea hasegawai Fujioka, 1993
Japonica lutea gansuensis ; [MRS, 626]
J. l. adusta (Riley, 1939)
Sichuan, E.Tibet Thecla lutea adusta Riley, 1939; Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 357, TL: Siao-lou, Sichuan
Japonica adusta, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Japonica adusta ; [BARU, #308]
Japonica lutea adusta ;
J. l. tatsienluica (Riley, 1939)
Szechuan Thecla tatsienluica Riley, 1939; Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 357, TL: Szechuan
J. l. patungkoanui Murayama, 1956
Taiwan Japonica patungkoanui ;
Japonica lutea patungkoanui ; [BOR, 550]; [MRS, 626]

Japonica onoi Murayama, 1953
Japan, S.Ussuri, Korea, NE.Korea. See [About maps] Japonica lutea onoi Murayama, 1953; Tyō to Ga 3 (3): 18, f. 7-8, TL: Obihiro, Hokkaido
inomatai Fujioka, 1993
Japonica lutea onoi ; Saigusa & Murayama, 1994, Tyō to Ga 45 (1): (31-41)
Japonica onoi ; [BRU2: 92, pl. 50, f. 16-18]

Larva on Quercus dentata [BHR]

S.Ussuri, Japan Japonica onoi onoi ; [BRU2, 92]
J. o. mizobei (Saigusa, 1993)
Japan (W.Honshu) Japonica onoi mizobei ; [BRU2, 92]

Japonica bella Hsu, 1997
Laos, China?. See [About maps] Japonica bella Hsu, 1997; Pan-Pacific Ent. 73 (4): 225-230, TL: China
Japonica bella nanlingensis Wang & Pang, 1998
J. b. myanmarensis Koiwaya, 2000
Myanmar
J. b. lao Koiwaya, 2000
N.Laos Japonica bella lao, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]


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References:
[About maps]
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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
[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental 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
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[SZMN]
Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM


Some related literature:
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
Hewitson, 1865
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)
Murayama, 1953
On some lycaenids from Japan. I. Tyō to Ga 3 (3): 17-21, 19fgs
Riley, 1939
Notes on oriental Theclinae (Lepidopera, Lycaenidae) with description of new species Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 355-361
Saigusa & Murayama, 1994
Redescription of the holotype of Japonica lutea onoi Murayama, 1953 and its taxonomic staus (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Tyō to Ga 45 (1): 31-41


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