Favonius is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species list
- Subgenus Favonius
- Favonius cognatus <small>(Staudinger, 1892)</small> north-eastern China and Korea
- Favonius cognatus cognatus
- Favonius cognatus ackeryi <small>(Fujioka, 1994)</small>
- Favonius cognatus latifasciatus <small>(Shirôzu & Hayashi, 1959)</small> Japan
- Favonius jezoensis <small>(Matsumura, 1915)</small> Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan (Hokkaido)
- Favonius jezoensis jezoensis
- Favonius jezoensis azumajamensis <small>(Kanda, 1994)</small>
- Favonius jezoensis daisenensis <small>(Tanaka, 1941)</small>
- Favonius jezoensis magnificans <small>Murayama, 1953</small>
- Favonius korshunovi <small>(Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1982)</small> northeastern China, Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Korea
- Favonius korshunovi korshunovi
- Favonius korshunovi macrocercus <small>(Wakabayashi & Fukuda, 1985)</small>
- Favonius korshunovi shinichiroi <small>Fujioka, 2003</small>
- Favonius leechi <small>(Riley, 1939)</small> Sichuan
- Favonius orientalis <small>(Murray, 1875)</small> Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Kunashir, north-eastern China, Korea, Japan
- Favonius orientalis orientalis
- Favonius orientalis shirozui <small>Murayama, 1956</small>
- Favonius orientalis schischkini <small>Kurentzov, 1970</small>
- Favonius taxila <small>(Bremer, 1861)</small> north-eastern and central China, Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Korea, Japan
- Favonius ultramarinus <small>(Fixsen, 1887)</small> north-eastern China, Korea and Japan
- Favonius ultramarinus ultramarinus Korea
- Favonius ultramarinus borealis <small>(Murayama, 1953)</small> Japan
- Favonius ultramarinus hayashii <small>(Shirôzu, 1953)</small> Japan
- Favonius ultramarinus okumotoi <small>(Koiwaya, 1996)</small>
- Favonius ultramarinus suffusa <small>(Leech, 1894)</small>
- Favonius unoi <small>Fujioka, 2003</small>
- Favonius watanabei <small>Koiwaya, 2002</small> Myanmar
- Favonius yuasai <small>Shirôzu, 1948</small> Japan
- Favonius yuasai coreensis <small>Myrayama, 1963</small> South Korea
- Subgenus Tasogare <small>Sugiura, 1993</small>
- Favonius saphirinus <small>(Staudinger, 1887)</small> northeastern China, Korea, Japan, Amur Oblast, Ussuri
- Incertae sedis
- Favonius latimarginata <small>Murayama, 1963</small> Japan
- Favonius leechina <small>Lamas, 2008</small>
Former species
- Favonius fujisanus <small>Matsumura, 1910</small> is now Sibataniozephyrus fujisanus <small>(Matsumura, 1910)</small>
- Favonius quercus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> is now Neozephyrus quercus North Africa, Europe and Asia Minor
- Favonius quercus iberica <small>(Staudinger, 1901)</small> Morocco, Algeria, Spain
- Favonius quercus interjectus <small>(Verity, 1919)</small>
- Favonius quercus longicaudatus <small>(Riley, 1921)</small> Turkey, Azerbaijan, western Iran
References
- , 1994: Zephyrus (Thechlini butterflies) in the world (5). Genus Favonius. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 7: 3-17.
- , 2003: Descriptions of new species and new subspecies belonging to Tribe Theclini from Myanmar, Vietnam and west China. Gekkan-Mushi 384: 2-10.
- , 2000. On the genus Favonius (s. str.) in the continental Ashia. Gekkan-Mushi, (348): 18-22.
- 2009: Favonius koreanus, the twelfth species of the genus. Gekkan-Mushi, (461): 9-14. [in Japanese] [not seen]
- and , 1942. Beitrag zur systenatik der Theclinae im kaiserreich Japan unter besonderer berucksichtigung der sogenannten gattung Zephyrus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Nature Life (Kyungpook J. bio. Sci.) 15: 33-46, figs.
- images representing Favonius at Consortium for the Barcode of Life