Favonius is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Species list Subgenus Favonius Favonius cognatus (Staudinger, 1892) north-eastern China and Korea Favonius cognatus cognatus Favonius cognatus ackeryi (Fujioka, 1994) Favonius cognatus latifasciatus (Shirôzu & Hayashi, 1959) Japan Favonius jezoensis (Matsumura, 1915) Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan (Hokkaido) Favonius jezoensis jezoensis Favonius jezoensis azumajamensis (Kanda, 1994) Favonius jezoensis daisenensis (Tanaka, 1941) Favonius jezoensis magnificans Murayama, 1953 Favonius korshunovi (Dubatolov & Sergeev, 1982) northeastern China, Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Korea Favonius korshunovi korshunovi Favonius korshunovi macrocercus (Wakabayashi & Fukuda, 1985) Favonius korshunovi shinichiroi Fujioka, 2003 Favonius leechi (Riley, 1939) Sichuan Favonius orientalis (Murray, 1875) Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Kunashir, north-eastern China, Korea, Japan Favonius orientalis orientalis Favonius orientalis shirozui Murayama, 1956 Favonius orientalis schischkini Kurentzov, 1970 Favonius taxila (Bremer, 1861) north-eastern and central China, Amur Oblast, Ussuri, Korea, Japan Favonius ultramarinus (Fixsen, 1887) north-eastern China, Korea and Japan Favonius ultramarinus ultramarinus Korea Favonius ultramarinus borealis (Murayama, 1953) Japan Favonius ultramarinus hayashii (Shirôzu, 1953) Japan Favonius ultramarinus okumotoi (Koiwaya, 1996) Favonius ultramarinus suffusa (Leech, 1894) Favonius unoi Fujioka, 2003 Favonius watanabei Koiwaya, 2002 Myanmar Favonius yuasai Shirôzu, 1948 Japan Favonius yuasai coreensis Myrayama, 1963 South Korea Subgenus Tasogare Sugiura, 1993 Favonius saphirinus (Staudinger, 1887) northeastern China, Korea, Japan, Amur Oblast, Ussuri Incertae sedis Favonius latimarginata Murayama, 1963 Japan Favonius leechina Lamas, 2008
Former species Favonius fujisanus Matsumura, 1910 is now Sibataniozephyrus fujisanus (Matsumura, 1910) Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) is now Neozephyrus quercus North Africa, Europe and Asia Minor Favonius quercus iberica (Staudinger, 1901) Morocco, Algeria, Spain Favonius quercus interjectus (Verity, 1919) Favonius quercus longicaudatus (Riley, 1921) 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