Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Polyommatinae

• Maculinea arion (Linnaeus, 1758) . See [maps] Muurahaissinisiipi Large Blue Svartfläckig blåvinge Fläckblåvinge Schwarzflecken Blauling Hormiguera de lunares Modraszek arion

  • Papilio arion Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1:; TL: Germany, Nurnberg
  • Papilio telegone Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 3: 8, pl. 52, f. 5-6
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Papilio varietas Bergsträsser, [1779]
  • Lycaena arthurus Melvill, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 9: 263; TL: Chamounix, Switzerland
  • Lycaena arion var. obscura Christ, 1880; Lep. Schweiz.: 22; TL: Zermatt
    • = ; [FE]
  • Lycaena arion ab. supra-impunctata Oberthür, 1896; Étud. d'Ent. 20: 15, pl. 3, f. 19
    • = (supraimpunctata); [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. subtus-impunctata Oberthür, 1896; Étud. d'Ent. 20: 15, pl. 3, f. 20
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. subtus-maclulis-extensis Oberthür, 1896; Étud. d'Ent. 20: pl. 3, f. 21
  • immaculata (Morsley, 1896); Nat. J. Suppl.: 10, pl. 4, f. 13
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion f. tripuncta Courvoisier, 1903; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 11: 22
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion f. impuncta Courvoisier, 1903; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 11: 24
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion f. unipuncta Courvoisier, 1903; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 11: 24
  • Lycaena arion ab. coalescens Gillmer, 1904; Soc. ent. 18 (23): 180
  • Lycaena arion ab. fasciata Gillmer, 1904; Soc. ent. 18 (23): 180
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion f. unipuncta Courvoisier, 1907; Zs. wiss. Insektenbiol. 3 (3): 74
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. parvimacula Aigner, 1907; Rovart. Lapok 14 (9-10): 214
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. ♂ pseudo-alcon le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
  • Lycaena arion ab. ♀ imperialis le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
  • Lycaena arion ab. multo-maculata le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
  • Lycaena arion ab. marginata le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. cotswoldensis le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
  • Lycaena arion ab. pallida le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
  • Lycaena arion ab. occidentalis le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
  • Lycaena arion ab. oolitica le Chamberlain, 1908; Entomologist 41: 202; TL: Cotswold
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. punctifera Grund, 1908; Int. ent. Zs. 2 (14): 88
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion var. (ab.) ofenia Tutt, 1909; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 21: 198
  • Lycaena arion ab. bipuncta Rebel, [1909]; in Berge, Schmetterlingsbuch (edn 9): 75
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. magnifica Heydemann, 1910; Ent. Zs. 23 (40): 177
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion f. retro-juncta Courvoisier, 1911; Ent. Zs. 25 (13): 83
    • = (retrojuncta); [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. fasciata Skala, 1912; Ver. naturf. Ver. Brünn 50: 135
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. ♂ grisea Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10): 294
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. caeruleo-marginata Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 309, 314
    • = (caeruleomarginata); [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion var. amurensis Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 312
  • Lycaena arion ab. obscura-major Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 317
  • Lycaena arion ab. punctatissima Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 319
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. basipuncta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 322
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. conjuncta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 322
  • Lycaena arion ab. postero-immaculata Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 324
    • = (posteroimmaculata); [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion ab. addenda Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 325
  • Lycaena arion ab. striata Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 325
  • Lycaena arion ab. antico-obsoleta Tutt, 1914; Nat. Hist. Br. Lepid. 4: 326
    • = (anticoobsoleta); [NHM card]
  • obsoleta (Frohawk, 1914) (Nomiades); Brit. Butts.: pl. 54, f. 23
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion aglaophon Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; TL: Pyrenees
  • ?Lycaena arion tainaron Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; TL: Wallis, Val Entremonts
  • Lycaena arion sosinomus Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; TL: Tian-Shan
  • vernetensis (Oberthür, 1916) (Lycaena); Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 12 (1): 486
  • Lycaena arion australpina Verity, 1924; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 36: 109
  • sub-unicolor (Pionneau, 1928) (Lycaena); Echange 44: 4
    • = (subunicolor); [NHM card]
  • schmidti (Kardakoff, 1928) (Lycaena); Ent. Mitt. 17 (4): 272
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion sabinorum Dannehl, 1933; Ent. Zs. 46 (23): 246
  • Glaucopsyche arion ab. suprapuncta Obraztsov, 1936; Z. Öst. EntVer. 21: 48
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • semiobscura Frohawk, 1938; Var. Brit. Butterfl. : pl. 32, f. 3
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • naryoniensis (Beuret, 1938) (Lycaeides); Lambillionea 38: 50
  • Lycaena arion ab. argentoazurea Silbernagel, 1946; Acta Soc. ent. bohem. 37: 118, 119
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • microarion Beuret, 1964; Die Lycaeniden der Schweiz (2): 250
  • subtusbrunea Beuret, 1964; Die Lycaeniden der Schweiz (2): 257
  • tainaronobscura Beuret, 1964; Die Lycaeniden der Schweiz (2): 257
    • = Maculinea arion tainaron ; [NHM card]

  • Phengaris arion, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Maculinea arion, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Phengaris arion, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Maculinea arion, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
  • Maculinea arion, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
  • Maculinea arion, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
  • Maculinea arion, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

  • Lycaena arthurus; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion aglaophon; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion australpina; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arion obscura; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 30
  • Maculinea arion obscura; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion ofenia; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion sabinorum; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion sosinomos[sic, recte sosinomus]; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion subtusbrunea; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion tainaron; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion vernetensis; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion microarion; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion naryoniensis; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea amurensis; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arion; [BARU, #375]; [BOW]: pl. 10, f. 4; [NHM card]; [MRS], 683; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 179; [BRU2]: 155, pl. 65, f. 28-36; [Otakar Kudrna]
  • Phengaris arion; [FE]
  • Phengaris (Maculinea) arion; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82; [RFEL]
  • Glaucopsyche arion;

  500x360 (~38Kb) underside Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

  830x570 (~78Kb) underside Finland, Ruokolahti 680:57, 05.07.1985, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

  Larva on Thymus serpyllum, (later in ants nests) [SPRK] Thymus marschalliana, Origanum vulgare [BARU], Thymus spp., Leguminosae [MRS], Ziziphora clinopodioides, (NW.Kazakhstan) Origanum vulgare, (Transcaucasia) [BRU2], 155

  • M. a. arion EU, W.Siberia, Altai, NW.Kazakhstan, Ukraine

    • alconides (Aurivillius, 1888); Nordens Fjärilar. Handbok I: 15
      • = Maculinea arion ; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena arion var. rühli Krulikovsky, 1892; Soc. Ent. 7 (1): 1
    • Lycaena unicolor Hormuzaki, 1892; Ent. Nachr. 18 (1): 1
    • baschkiria (Krulikovsky, 1897)
    • Lycaena jasilkowskii Hormuzaki, 1897; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 47: 138
    • Lycaena uralensis Elwes, 1899; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (3): 329
    • alpina (Favre, 1903)
    • caucasica (Jachontov, 1914); (nom.nud.)
    • Lycaena arion antesion Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 27; TL: Bosnia, Koricna and Maklenpass
    • lutschniki (Krulikovsky, 1926) (Lycaena); Trav. Mus. Zool. Kieff 1: 29
    • Glaucopsyche arion sergeji Obraztsov, 1936; Z. Öst. EntVer. 21: 47
    • animula Szabó, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (n.s.) 9: 266, 340
    • vagula Szabó, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (n.s.) 9: 266, 340

    • antesion; Abadjiev, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 53: 21
    • Maculinea arion animula; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion antesion; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion ruhli; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion sergeji; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion jasilkowskii; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion lutschniki; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena arion unicolor; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 29 (note)
    • Maculinea arion unicolor; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion uralensis; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion vagula; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion ruehli[sic, recte ruhli]; [Oleg Kosterin]
    • Phengaris arion rueli[sic, recte ruhli]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
    • Lacaena arion arion; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 29 (note)
    • Maculinea arion arion; [BRU2], 155
    • Phengaris arion arion; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82

    533x400 (~48Kb) underside male female A meadow in the Opalikha Rivulet valley just upstream of its fall into the Koen River, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  • M. a. ligurica Wagner, 1904

    • Maculinea arion var. ligurica Wagner, 1904; Soc. Ent. 19 (1): 1; TL: Riviera
      • = Phengaris arion ; [FE]

    • Lycaena arion ligurica; Fruhstorfer, 1915, Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68
    • Maculinea arion ligurica; [NHM card]

    800x595 (~87Kb) HUNGARY, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Baskó, 8.8.1998, Photo © Tamás Baranyi

  • M. a. delphinatus (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

    • Lycaena arion delphinatus Fruhstorfer, 1910; Ent. Zs. 24 (26): 144; TL: "Dauphine"

    • Lycaena arion delphinatus; Fruhstorfer, 1915, Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 30
    • Maculinea arion delphinatus; [NHM card]
  • M. a. laranda (Fruhstorfer, 1910) S.Tirol

    • Lycaena arion laranda Fruhstorfer, 1910; Int. ent. Zs. 4 (10): 55; TL: S.Tirol, nr. Klausen and Atzwang

    • Lycaena arion laranda; Fruhstorfer, 1915, Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 29
    • Maculinea arion laranda; [NHM card]
  • M. a. arcina (Fruhstorfer, 1910)

    • Lycaena arion arcina Fruhstorfer, 1910; Int. ent. Zs. 4 (10): 55; TL: Arcina

    • Lycaena arion arcina; Fruhstorfer, 1915, Soc. ent. 30 (12): 67; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 30
    • Maculinea arion arcina; [NHM card]
  • M. a. naruena (Courvoisier, 1911)

    • Lycaena arion f. naruena Courvoisier, 1911; Ent. Zs. 24 (37): 202

    • Lycaena arion naruena; Fruhstorfer, 1915, Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68
    • Maculinea arion naruena; [NHM card]
  • M. a. insubrica (Vorbrodt, 1912)

    • Lycaena arion insubrica Vorbrodt, 1912; Die Schmett. Schweiz 1: 156

    • Lycaena arion insubrica; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 30
    • Maculinea arion insubrica; [NHM card]
  • M. a. eutyphron (Fruhstorfer, 1915) England

    • Lycaena arion eutyphron Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 67; TL: England, Cornwall

    • Maculinea arion eutyphron; [NHM card]
  • M. a. nepete (Fruhstorfer, 1915) Kansu

    • Lycaena arion nepete Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; TL: Kansu, Lanchowfu

    • Maculinea arion nepete; [NHM card]
  • M. a. major (Oberthür, 1916)

    • Lycaena arion major Oberthür, 1916; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 12 (1): 486

    • Maculinea arion major; [NHM card]
  • M. a. vesubia (Fruhstorfer, 1917)

    • Lycaena arion vesubia Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 26; TL: St. Martin
    • Lycaena arion vesubia f. alpina Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 26; TL: St. Martin

    • Maculinea arion vesubia; [NHM card]
  • M. a. ussuriensis (Sheljuzhko, 1928) Amur, Ussuri

    • Lycaena arion ussuriensis Sheljuzhko, 1928; Lep. Rdsch. 2 (6): 62; TL: S.Ussuri
    • Lycaena arion ussuriensis ab. hironobui Sugitani, 1934; Zephyrus 5: 168
      • = Maculinea arion ussuriensis ; [NHM card]

    • Maculinea cyanecula ussuriensis; [BRU2], 156
    • Phengaris cyanecula ussuriensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
    • Maculinea arion ussuriensis; [BARU, (note)]; [NHM card]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 179
    • Phengaris arion ussuriensis; [RFEL]
  • M. a. zara Jachontov, 1935 Caucasus, Armenia

    • ?obscura (Christoph, 1878) (Lycaena)

    • Phengaris arion obscura; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
    • Maculinea arion zara; [BRU2], 155
  • M. a. buholzeri Rezbanyai, 1978 Switzerland

    • Maculinea arion buholzeri Rezbanyai, 1978; Mitt. schweiz. Ent. Ges. 51 (4): 399

    • Maculinea arion buholzeri; [NHM card]
  • M. a. xiaheana (Murayama, 1991) China (Gansu)

    • Glaucopsyche xiaheana Murayama, 1991; Nature & Ins. 26 (3): 21, f. 5; TL: Gansu, Prov. Xiahe, 3200-3500m

    • Maculinea arion xiaheana; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 186
  • M. a. inferna Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994 Sichuan

    • Maculinea arion inferna Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994; Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 188 (repl. Lycaena arion tatsienluica Oberthür, 1910)
    • Lycaena arion tatsienluica Oberthür, 1912; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 6: 328, pl. 126, f. 1121-1122

    • Lycaena arion tatsienluica; Fruhstorfer, 1915, Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68
    • Maculinea arion tatsienlouica[sic, recte tatsienluica]; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arion inferna; Huang & Wu, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 128
• Maculinea cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848) Mongolia. See [maps]

  • Lycaena cyanecula Eversmann, 1848; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 21 (3): 207; TL: Kiachta im östlichen Sibirien [Kyakhta, Buryatia]

  • Lycaena arion cyanecula; Fruhstorfer, 1915, Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68
  • Maculinea arion cyanecula; [BARU, (note)]; [MRS], 683
  • Maculinea cyanecula; [BRU2]: 155, pl. 66, f. 1-15
  • Phengaris (Maculinea) cyanecula; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82

  900x838 (~140Kb) upperside male China, Qinghai prov., Caka nuo vill (3500m), 20.7.2010, Photo © A. Timchenko leg.	1300x839 (~186Kb) underside male China, Qinghai prov., Caka nuo vill (3500m), 20.7.2010, Photo © A. Timchenko leg.	900x1250 (~245Kb) upperside male China, Qinghai prov., Caka nuo vill (3500m), 20.7.2010, Photo © A. Timchenko leg.
  600x789 (~111Kb) underside male Russia, West Siberia, NW Altai Mts., Ust'-Kan District, Bashchelakskii Range, meadow steppe 1 km SSW of Keley village. 3th July 2005 (on Onobrychis arenaria), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  • M. c. cyanecula Transbaikalia, S.Siberia (Tuva, Khakassia)

    • Lycaena arion philidor Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; TL: Mongolia
      • = Maculinea arion cyanecula ; [NHM card]

    • Maculinea arion philidor; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 180
    • Maculinea arion cyanecula; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea cyanecula cyanecula; [BRU2], 156
    • Phengaris cyanecula cyanecula; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
  • ?M. c. obscurior (Staudinger, 1901) Tian-Shan

    • cyanecula obscurior (Staudinger, 1901); Cat. Lep. palaearct. Faunengeb. 1: 90 [ ?? lapsus from desc.?]

    • Maculinea cyanecula obscurior; [BRU2], 156
  • M. c. taras (Fruhstorfer, 1915) Alai

    • Lycaena arion taras Fruhstorfer, 1915; Soc. ent. 30 (12): 68; TL: Mt. Aurunei, Petralla Valley, 1200m

    • Lycaena arion taras; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 30
    • Maculinea arion taras; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea cyanecula taras; [BRU2], 156
  • M. c. sauron Korb, 2003 Kirghizia

    • cyanecula sauron Korb, 2003; Bull. Soc. Nat. Mulhouse 59 (3): 46

    • Phengaris cyanecula sauron; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
• Maculinea arionides (Staudinger, 1887) Amur, Ussur, Korea, Japa, NE.China. See [maps]

  • Lycaena arionides Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3: 141, pl. 7, f. 1a-c; TL: Vladivostok

  • Lycaena arionides; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea arionides; [BARU, #372]; [BOW]: pl. 206, f. 14; [MRS], 684; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 192; [BRU2]: 156, pl. 65, f. 25-27
  • Phengaris (Maculinea) arionides; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
  • Phengaris (Phengaris) arionides; [RFEL]

  Larva on Plectanthus excisus, P. glaucocaliyx?, P. serra? [BARU], Isodon kameba, I. trichocarpus, (Japan, host ant Myrmica rubra, Aphaenogaster japonica) Rabdosia excisa, (Ussuri) [BRU2], 156

  • M. a. arionides Amur, Ussuri

    • Lycaena selzeri Warnecke, 1924; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 38: 149
    • Lycaena arionides sugitanii Matsumura, 1927; Ins. Matsumurana 2 (2): 118, pl. 3, f. 10; TL: Corea
      • = Maculinea arionides arionides ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 194
    • Lycaena arionides ab. arionidula Kardakov, 1928; Ent. Mitt. 17 (4): 272, pl. 7, f. 19
      • = Lycaena arionides ; [NHM card]

    • Lycaena arionides selzeri; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arionides arionides; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 192; [BRU2], 156
  • M. a. takamukui (Matsumura, 1919) Japan

    • Lycaena arionides var. takamukui Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3: 653, pl. 49, f. 32
    • Lycaena arion shiranensis Scriba, 1921; Ent. Rundschau. 38 (6): 25; TL: Shirane
      • = Maculinea arionides takamukui ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 194

    • Maculinea arion shiranensis; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena arionides takamukui; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea arionides takamukui; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 114; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 194
• Maculinea alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) -. See [maps] Alcon Blue Alkonblåvinge Hormiguera Modraszek alkon

  • Papilio alcon Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 182
  • Papilio mamers Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 3: pl. 59, f. 1-2
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena alcon ab. ♀ nigra Wheeler, 1903; Butts. Switzerland: 21
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena alcon ab. marginepunctata Gillmer, 1904; Soc. ent. 18 (23): 179
  • Lycaena alcon ab. pallidior Schultz, 1906; Ent. Zs. 19 (36): 215
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • spormanni (Pfau, 1928) (Lycaena); Int. ent. Z. 22: 193
  • Lycaena alcon senilis Dannehl, 1933; Ent. Zs. 46 (23): 246; TL: Beuerberg; Fletzen
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena alcon ab. crassipuncta Lempke, 1936; Tijdschr. Ent. 79: 307
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena alcon ab. disco-elongata Lempke, 1936; Tijdschr. Ent. 79: 307
    • = (discoelongata); [NHM card]
  • lunulata (Warnecke, 1942) (Lycaena); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 56: 103
  • paucipuncta (Lempke, 1946) (Lycaena); Natuurh. Maandbl. 31: 107
  • caerulescens (Lempke, 1946) (Lycaena); Natuurh. Maandbl. 31: 107
  • Maculinea rebeli macroconia Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 5 (1949): 34; TL: Appenzell, Narwie
  • ?tenuiconia Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 5 (1949): 34
  • Maculinea alcon pseudoroboris Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 5 (1949): 41; TL: Tessin, Ascona
  • hospitali Vilarrubia, 1950; Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat. Barcelona (n.s.) 1 (2): 6
  • Maculinea alcon f. ♂ supralunulata Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 293; TL: Hilversum
  • Maculinea alcon f. ♀ supracaeca Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 293; TL: Hezingen
  • Maculinea alcon f. ♂ marginemaculata Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 293; TL: Wassenaar
  • Maculinea alcon f. marginedistincta Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 294; TL: Slangenburg

  • Phengaris alcon, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Maculinea alcon, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Phengaris alcon, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Maculinea alcon, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
  • Maculinea alcon, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
  • Maculinea alcon, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
  • Maculinea alcon, Large blue butterflies [David Nash]

  • Maculinea alcon caerulescens; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon hospitali; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon lunulata; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon macroconia; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon marginedistincta; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon marginemaculata; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon marginepunctata; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon paucipuncta; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon pseudoroboris; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon spormanni; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon supracaeca; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon supralunulata; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon tenuiconia; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon; [BARU, #373]; [EBW], (name); [BOW]: pl. 10, f. 4 (text only); [NHM card]; [BRU2]: 154, pl. 66, f. 19-24, 34; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 173; [Otakar Kudrna]
  • Phengaris alcon; [FE]
  • Phengaris (Maculinea) alcon; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81; [RFEL]

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Papilio arcas; Esper, 1777, Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 1 (6): pl. 34, f. 4-5
    • = ; [NHM card]

  620x444 (~39Kb) underside male A bushy western (right) slope of the Anui River valley with limestone rocks at Denisova Cave stationary, Soloneshino District, Altaiskii Krai Province, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd July 2001, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  Larva on Gentiana pneumonanthe, (later in ants nests) [H&R] Gentiana asclepiadea, (ant Myrmica ruginodis) [BRU2], 154

  • M. a. alcon C.Europe

    • Lycaena alcon alcon; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 25
    • Maculinea alcon alcon; [BRU2], 154
    • Phengaris alcon alcon; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • M. a. haurii (Fruhstorfer, 1917) Switzerland

    • Lycaena alcon haurii Fruhstorfer, 1917; Soc. ent. 32 (6): 26; TL: "Graubünden, Filisur", 1000-1100m
    • Lycaena alcon haurii Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 24; TL: "Graubünden, Filisur", 1000-1100m

    • Maculinea alcon haurii; [NHM card]
  • M. a. tolistus (Fruhstorfer, 1917) Bosnia

    • Lycaena alcon tolistus Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 24; TL: Bosnia, Koricna

    • Maculinea alcon tolistus; [NHM card]
  • M. a. turatiana (Verity, 1923)

    • Lycaena alcon turatiana Verity, 1923; Ent. Rec. (suppl.) 35: 7
    • Lycaena alcon f. italica Verity, 1919; Atti Soc. ital. 58: 168
      • = Maculinea alcon turatiana ; [NHM card]

    • Maculinea alcon turatiana; [NHM card]
  • M. a. jenissejensis (Sheljuzhko, 1928) S.Siberia

    • Lycaena alcon jenissejensis Sheljuzhko, 1928; Lep. Rdsch. 2 (4): 46

    • Maculinea alcon jenissejensis, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]

    • Maculinea alcon jeniseiensis[sic, recte jenissejensis]; [BARU, (note)]
    • Maculinea alcon jenissejensis; [BRU2], 154
    • Phengaris alcon jenissejensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81

    Larva on Dianthus superbus, (Siberia) [BRU2], 154

  • M. a. nestae (Higgins, 1930)

    • alcon nestae (Higgins, 1930) (Lycaena); Entomologist 63: 100; TL: Piedmont

    • Maculinea alcon nestae; [NHM card]
  • M. a. sevastos (Rebel & Zerny, 1931) Carpathians

    • Lycaena alcon sevastos Rebel & Zerny, 1931; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien 103: 82; TL: Macedonia
    • Maculinea alcon limitanea Bálint, 1985; Galathea 1: 66
      • = Glaucopsyche alcon sevastos ; Bálint, 1990, Janus Pannonius Múz. 34: 51

    • Maculinea alcon limitanea; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea alcon sevastos; [BRU2], 154; [NHM card]
    • Phengaris alcon sevastos; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • M. a. xerophila Berger, 1946 S.Europe

    • alcon xerophila Berger, 1946; Lambillionea 46: 106
    • arcasoides Berger, 1946; Lambillionea 46: 106
    • paucipuncta Berger, 1946; Lambillionea 46: 106
    • curiosa Szabó, 1956; Folia ent. hung. (n.s.) 9: 264, 339

    • Maculinea alcon arcasoides; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea alcon curiosa; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea alcon paucipuncta; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea alcon xerophila; [NHM card]; [BRU2], 154
    • ?Phengaris alcon xerophyla[sic, recte xerophila]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • M. a. arirang Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994 Korea

    • Maculinea alcon arirang Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994; Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 175; TL: Ryanggang Do
  • M. a. aulendil Korb, 2009 Buryatia

    • alcon aulendil Korb, 2009; Alexanor 23 (3): 133; TL: Buryatia, Khamar-Daban, 1500m

    • Phengaris alcon aulendil; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • M. a. shaposhnikovi Korb, 2010 Kirgistan

    • Maculinea alcon shaposhnikovi Korb, 2010; Eversmannia (23-24): 15; TL: Kyrghyzstan, Sary-Chelek Nature Reserve, Sary-Chelek lake, 2000m

    • Phengaris alcon shaposhnikovi; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
• Maculinea rebeli (Hirschke, 1905) -. See [maps]

  • Lycaena alcon var. rebeli Hirschke, 1905; Jber. Wien. ent. Ver. 15: 109, pl. 2, f. 1-2; TL: Hochschwab [Austria]
    • = Phengaris alcon ; [FE]
  • Lycaena alcon ab. ♂ latimargo Courvoisier, 1913; Ent. Mitt. 2 (10): 294
    • = Glaucopsyche alexis ; [NHM, [ ?? ] card]
  • caerulea (Vorbrodt, 1912)
  • Maculinea rebeli alpicola Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 5 (1949): 41; TL: Wallis, Zermatt, 200m
  • Maculinea rebeli magnalpicola Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 5 (1949): 42; TL: Tessin, Altanca, Fussio
  • Maculinea rebeli gadmensis Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 5 (1949): 43; TL: Bern, Gadmen
  • Maculinea rebeli cruciata Beuret, 1949; Bull. Soc. ent Mulhouse 5 (1949): 50; TL: Jura

  • Maculinea rebeli, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Maculinea rebeli, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

  • Maculinea alcon alpicola; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon cruciata; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon gadmensis; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon magnalpicola; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea alcon rebeli; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea rebeli; [BRU2]: 154, pl. 66, f. 16-18, 25-33, 35-36
  • M. r. rebeli CEU, SEU

    • Lycaena alcon rebeli; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 25
    • Maculinea rebeli rebeli; [BRU2], 154
  • M. r. monticola (Staudinger, 1901) Caucasus Minor, Armenia

    • Lycaena alcon v. monticola Staudinger, 1901; Cat. Lep. palaearct. Faunengeb. 1: 90

    • Lycaena alcon monticola; Fruhstorfer, 1917, Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 25
    • Maculinea alcon monticola; [NHM card]
    • Phengaris alcon monticola; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
    • Maculinea rebeli monticola; [BRU2], 154
  • M. r. sordidula (Jachontov, [1909]) Caucasus Major

    • Lycaena alcon var. sordidula Jachontov, [1909]; Revue Russe Ent. 8: 292

    • Maculinea alcon sordidula; [NHM card]
    • Phengaris alcon sordidula; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
    • Maculinea rebeli cordidula[sic, recte sordidula]; [BRU2], 154
  • M. r. kondakovi Kurentzov, 1970 Transbaikalia, Amur, Ussuri, NE.China

    • Lycaena kondakovi Kurentzov, 1970; 142 (part)

    • Maculinea alcon kondakovi; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 173; [BARU, (note)]
    • Phengaris alcon kondakovi; [RFEL]
    • Maculinea rebeli kondakovi; [BRU2], 154
    • ?Phengaris rebeli kondakovi; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • M. r. imitator Tuzov, 2000 N.Tian-Shan, Dzhungarsky Alatau

    • Maculinea rebeli imitator Tuzov, 2000; [BRU2]: 155 (repl. Maculinea alcon alconides Korb, 1997)
    • Maculinea alcon alconides Korb, 1997; Alexanor 20 (1): (61-64) (preocc. Lycaena arion alconides Aurivillius, 1888, Lycaena alcon alconides Dahlstrom, 1899)

    • Phengaris alcon imitator; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • ssp. Altai, Sayan

    • Maculinea rebeli ssp.; [BRU2], 154
• Maculinea teleius (Bergsträsser, [1779]) -. See [maps] Scarce Large Blue Limbada Modraszek telejus

  • Papilio teleius Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 2: 71, pl. 43, f. 4; TL: Germany, Hanau-Munzberg
  • Papilio diomedes Rottemburg, 1775; Der Naturforscher 6: 26, n. 14 (preocc. Linnaeus)
  • Papilio telegonus Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 2: 72, pl. 4, f. 1-2
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Papilio arctophylas Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 3: pl. 51, f. 1-2 (arctophylax?)
    • = Cupido diomedes ; [NHM card]
  • Papilio arctophonus Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 3: pl. 53, f. 7-8
    • = Cupido diomedes ; [NHM card]
  • Papilio argiades Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 76
    • = Cupido diomedes ; [NHM card]
  • Papilio euphemus Hübner, [1799-1800]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1]: pl. 54, f. 257-259
    • = ; [NHM card]; [FE]
  • Lycaena euphemus ab. striata Gillmer, 1904; Soc. ent. 18 (23): 179
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena euphemus ab. obsoleta Gillmer, 1904; Soc. ent. 18 (23): 179
  • Lycaena euphemus ab. paula Schultz, 1906; Ent. Zs. 19 (36): 215
    • = Lycaena euphemia ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena euphemus ab. sanguisorbae Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 333, pl. 55, f. 472
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena euphemus ab. albocuneata Spuler, 1908; Schmett. Eur. 1: 68
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena euphemus unicolor Vorbrodt & Müller-Rutz, 1911; Die Schmett. Schweiz 1: 155
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena euphemus f. caeca Courvoisier, 1914; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 28 (2) (3): 189
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • subunicolor (Pionneau, 1928) (Lycaena); Echange 44: 51
    • = Lycaena euphemia ; [NHM card]
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena euphemus ab. grisescens Lempke, 1936; Tijdschr. Ent. 79: 308
    • = Lycaena euphemia ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena euphemus ab. centro-elongata Lempke, 1936; Tijdschr. Ent. 79: 308
    • = Lycaena euphemia (centroelongata); [NHM card]
  • Maculinea teleius f. infracrassipuncta Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 289; TL: Roermond
  • Maculinea teleius f. infrapaucipuncta Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 290; TL: HerkenBosch
  • Maculinea teleius f. marginereducta Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 290; TL: Swalmen

  • Phengaris teleius, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Maculinea teleius, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Phengaris teleius, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Maculinea teleius, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
  • Maculinea teleius, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]

  • Maculinea teleius infracrassipuncta; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea teleius infrapaucipuncta; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea teleius marginereducta; [NHM card]
  • Cupido diomedes; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea teleia; [MRS], 684
  • Maculinea teleius; [BARU, #374]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 202; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 10, f. 5; [NHM card]; [BRU2]: 156, pl. 67, f. 1-15; [Otakar Kudrna]
  • Phengaris teleius; [FE]
  • Phengaris (Maculinea) teleius; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81; [RFEL]

  900x338 (~75Kb) HUNGARY, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Baskó, 4.7.1999 ♂, 8.8.1998 ♀, Photo © Tamás Baranyi

  Larva on Sanguisorba officinalis, (later in ants nests) [H&R] Sanguisorba tenuifolia, S. hakusanensis [MRS], (ant in Europe and Siberia Myrmica scabrinodis) (ant in Japan Myrmica ruginoides, Aphaenogaster japonica) [BRU2], 157

  • M. t. teleius CEU, W.Siberia, Caucasus

    • Lycaena euphemus bajuvaricus Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 25; TL: "Oberbayern, Kochelsee"
    • Lycaena euphemus thersandrus Fruhstorfer, 1917; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 31 (1/2): 26; TL: "Canton Vaud, Eclepens"
    • Lycaena euphemus peninsulae Verity & Querci, 1923; Ent. Rec. (suppl.) 35: 7; TL: Sibillini Mts

    • Lycaena euphemia bajuvaricus; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena euphemia peninsulae; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena euphemia thersandrus; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius teleius; [BRU2], 156
    • Phengaris teleius teleius; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • M. t. kazamoto (Druce, 1875) Japan (Honshu)

    • Lycaena kazamoto Druce, 1875; 361; TL: Yokohama
    • Lycaena euphemus kazamoto ab. oiwakeana Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1 (1): 27, pl. 2, f. 16 ♂; TL: Honshu, Oiwake
      • = Lycaena kazamoto ; [NHM card]

    • Lycaena kazamoto; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius kazamoto; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 114; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 211
  • M. t. euphemia (Staudinger, 1887) Amur, Ussuri

    • Lycaena euphemia Staudinger, 1887; in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3: 142; TL: Amurland
    • Lycaena euphemus insignis Sheljuzhko, 1928; Lep. Rdsch. 2 (5): 51; TL: Ussuri
      • = Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 204

    • Lycaena euphemia insignis; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena euphemia; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius euphemia; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 202
    • Maculinea teleia euphemia; [MRS], 684
    • Maculinea telejus euphemia; [BARU, (note)]
    • Phengaris teleius euphemia; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82 (?); [RFEL]
  • M. t. obscurata (Staudinger, 1892) Transbaikalia

    • Lycaena obscurata Staudinger, 1892; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 5 (2): 320; TL: Kentei

    • Maculinea teleius obscurata, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]

    • Maculinea telejus obscurata; [BARU, (note)]
    • Maculinea teleius obscurata; [NHM card]; [BRU2], 156
    • Phengaris teleius obscurata; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81
  • M. t. ogumae (Matsumura, 1910) Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu)

    • Licaena[sic] euphemus var. ogumae Matsumura, 1910; Ent. Zs. 23 (50): 221; TL: Sakhalin
    • Lycaena euphemus doii Matsumura, 1928; Insecta Matsumurana 2 (4): 199; TL: Kurile Is.
      • = Phengaris teleius ogumae ; [RFEL]
    • Lycaena euphemus naganumai Kanda, 1934; Ageha 3: 8

    • Lycaena euphemia doii; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea telejus doii; [BARU, (note)]
    • Maculinea ogumae doii; [BRU2], 157
    • Phengaris teleius doii; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82 (?)
    • Maculinea ogumae; [BRU2]: 157, pl. 67, f. 16-20
    • Maculinea ogumae ogumae; [BRU2], 157
    • Lycaena euphemia ogumae; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius ogumae; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 211
    • Maculinea telejus ogumae; [BARU, (note)]
    • Phengaris teleius ogumae; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82 (?); [RFEL]
  • M. t. splendens (Kozhantshikov, 1924) Altais, Sayan

    • Lycaena splendens Kozhantshikov, 1924; Ezhegod. Gos. Muz. im. N. A. Mart'yanova, 2 (1): 67
    • pseudobajuvaricus (Kozhanchikov, 1936) (Lycaena); Folia zool. hydrobiol. 9: 25
      • = Lycaena euphemia splendens ; [NHM card]

    • Lycaena euphemia splendens; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea telejus ab. splendens; [BARU, (note)]
    • Maculinea teleius splendens; [BRU2], 156
  • M. t. daisensis (Matsumura, 1926) Japan (Honshu)

    • Lycaena euphemus daisensis Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1 (1): 27, pl. 2, f. 8 ♀; TL: Tottori-ken, Mt. Daisen
    • Glaucopsyche teleius daisensis ab. yoshisakai Murayama, 1963; Tyô to Ga 14 (2): 48, f. 39-40, 42-43

    • Lycaena euphemia daisensis; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius daisensis; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 209
  • M. t. shiriyensis (Matsumura, 1927)

    • Lycaena euphemus shiriyensis Matsumura, 1927; Ins. Matsumurana 2 (2): 118, pl. 3, f. 9; TL: Honshu (Aomori)

    • Lycaena euphemia shiriyensis; [NHM card]
  • M. t. chosensis (Matsumura, 1927) S.Ussuri

    • Lycaena euphemus coreana Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1 (1): 28, pl. 2, f. 5 ♂ (preocc.); TL: Korea
      • = Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 204
    • Lycaena euphemia chosensis Matsumura, 1927; Insecta Matsumurana 1 (4): 161 (repl. Lycaena euphemus coreana Matsumura, 1926); TL: Korea
      • = Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 204
    • Lycaena hozanensis Matsumura, 1927; Insecta Matsumurana 1 (4): 168, pl. 5, f. 10; TL: Korea
      • = Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 204
    • Maculinea teleius melancholica Bryk, 1946; Ark. Zool. 38 A (3): 58; TL: Korea
      • = Maculinea teleius euphemia ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 204

    • Lycaena euphemia coreana; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena hozanensis; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius melancholica; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius chosensis; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius choesenses[sic, recte chosensis]; [BRU2], 156 (missp.)
  • M. t. macromelanica Verity, 1946 Italy

    • teleius macromelanica Verity, 1946; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 147

    • Maculinea teleius macromelanica; [NHM card]
  • M. t. matsumurai Shirôzu, 1953 Japan

    • teleius matsumurai Shirôzu, 1953; Sieboldia 1 (1952): 155 (repl. jezoensis Matsumura, 1936)
    • Lycaena euphemus jezoensis Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1 (1): 28, pl. 2, f. 14 ♂ (preocc.)
      • = Maculinea teleius matsumurai ; [NHM card]
    • Lycaena euphemus jezoensis ab. teshionis Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1 (1): 28, pl. 2, f. 18 ♀; TL: Hokkaido, Teshio and Hikada
    • Lycaena euphemus jezoensis ab. muratae Matsumura, 1926; Ins. Matsumurana 1 (1): 28, pl. 2, f. 11 ♀; TL: Hokkaido
      • = Lycaena euphemia jezoensis ; [NHM card]

    • Lycaena teshionis; [NHM card]
    • Maculinea teleius matsumurai; [NHM card]
  • M. t. discoobsoleta Beuret, 1958 Germany

    • Maculinea teleius discoobsoleta Beuret, 1958; Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel (n.f.) 8 (1): 4

    • Maculinea teleius discoobsoleta; [NHM card]
  • M. t. hosonoi Takahashi, 1973 Japan (Honshu)

    • Maculinea teleius hosonoi Takahashi, 1973; Tyô to Ga 23 (3-4): 80; TL: Nagano-ken, Mt Karamatu, Niigata-ken
    • Maculinea teleis hakusanensis Fujioka, 1975; 143, pl. 73, f. 53-63
      • = Maculinea teleius hosonoi ; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 211

    • Maculinea teleius hosonoi; [NHM card]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 211
  • M. t. sinalcon Murayama, 1992 China?

    • Maculinea sinalcon Murayama, 1992; Nature & Ins. 27 (5): 37

    • Maculinea teleius sinalcon; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 206
    • Maculinea teleia sinalcon; Chou, 1994, : 684
• Maculinea kurentzovi Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994 N.China, N.Korea. See [maps]

  • Maculinea kurentzovi Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994; Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 196, f. 9-10, 18-24, 40; TL: N. Korea, Yangdo, Mandaeri

  • Maculinea kurentzovi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]

  • Maculinea kurentzovi; [BARU, -]; [BRU2]: 157, pl. 67, f. 22-24
  • Phengaris (Maculinea) kurentzovi; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82; [RFEL]
  • M. k. kurentzovi Amur, Ussuri

    • Maculinea kurentzovi kurentzovi; [BRU2], 157
    • Phengaris kurentzovi kurentzovi; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
  • M. k. daurica Dubatolov, 1999 Transbaikalia

    • Maculinea kurentzovi daurica Dubatolov, 1999; Proc. Dahur. State Bios. Nat. Res. 2: 180; TL: Mongolia, East Aimak, 25-28km S of station Erentsav

    • Maculinea kurentzovi daurica; [BRU2], 157
    • Phengaris kurentzovi daurica; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 82
• Maculinea nausithous (Bergsträsser, [1779]) SEU, CEU, S.Urals - SW.Siberia, Caucasus, Turkey. See [maps] Dusky Large Blue Modraszek nausitous

  • Papilio nausithous Bergsträsser, [1779]; Nomen. Ins. 2: 70, pl. 43, f. 1; TL: Germnay, Hanau-Munzberg
  • Papilio arcas Rottemburg, 1775; Der Naturforscher 6: 25 (preocc.)
    • = ; [NHM card]; [FE]
  • Papilio nausithoe Bergsträsser, [1779]
  • Papilio erebus Knoch, 1782; Beitr. Insektengesch. 2: 93, pl. 6, f. 6-7
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arcas ab. minor Frey, 1882; Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 6 (7): 352
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arcas ab. inocellata Sohn, 1893; Soc. Ent. 8 (10): 77
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arcas ab. ab. impunctata Hauder, 1901; Jahresb. ver. naturk. Linz 30: 15
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arcas ab. ♂ lucida Geest, 1903; Allg. Zs. Ent. 8: 311
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arcas ♂ ab. lycaonius Schultz, 1904; Ent. Zs. 18 (24): 94
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arcas ab. ♂ emutata Marschner, 1909; Zs. wiss. InsektBiol. 5: 166
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • paucipuncta (Courvoisier, 1912) (Lycaena); Dt. ent. Z. Iris 26 (1): 63
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • Lycaena arcas kijevensis Sheljuzhko, 1928; Lep. Rdsch. 2 (6): 64; TL: Kijev, Ukraine
  • supraddenda Verity, 1943; Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 152
  • agenjoi Vilarrubia, 1950; Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat. Barcelona (n.s.) 1 (2): 8
  • Maculinea nausithous f. ♂ clara Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 287; TL: Holland
  • Maculinea nausithous f. supraelongata Lempke, 1955; Tijdschr. Ent. 98: 287; TL: Holland
  • maculata Beuret, 1964; Die Lycaeniden der Schweiz (2): 237
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • argoviensis Beuret, 1964; Die Lycaeniden der Schweiz (2): 238

  • Phengaris nausithous, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Maculinea nausithous, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Phengaris nausithous, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Maculinea nausithous, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]

  • ?Lycaena arcus[sic, recte arcas?]; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea nausithous agenjoi; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea nausithouse argoviensis; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea nausithous kijevensis; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea nausithous clara; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea nausithous supraddenda; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea nausithous supraelongata; [NHM card]
  • Maculinea nausithous; [BARU, #371]; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 10, f. 5 (text only); [NHM card]; Sibatani, Saigusa & Hirowatari, 1994, Tyô to Ga 44 (4): 213; [BRU2]: 157, pl. 65, f. 37-39; [Otakar Kudrna]
  • Phengaris nausithous; [FE]
  • Phengaris (Maculinea) nausithous; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 81

  533x400 (~38Kb) underside female A forest-steppe landscape in the vicinity of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 7th August 1988 (on the larval foodplant Sanguisorba officinalis L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  Larva on Sanguisorba officinalis, (later in ants nests) [H&R] (ant Myrmica rubra) [BRU2], 157

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