''Favonius saphirinus'' is a
butterfly
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in the family
Lycaenidae
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. It is found in the
Russian Far East
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, north-eastern
China
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,
Korea
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and
Japan
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.
Subspecies
*''Favonius saphirinus saphirinus'' (Amur, Ussuri)
*''Favonius saphirinus graeseri''
Dantchenko, 2000 (southern Ussuri)
*''Favonius saphirinus jezonicus''
Murayama, 1953 (
Japan
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: Hokkaido)
*''Favonius saphirinus nipponicus''
Murayama, 1953 (
Japan
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: Honshu)
*''Favonius saphirinus okadai''
Koiwaya, 1996 (Sichuan)
*''Favonius saphirinus oseanus''
Murayama, 1953 (
Japan
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: Honshu)
*''Favonius saphirinus pedius''
(Leech, 1894) (Sichuan)
References
Butterflies described in 1887
Theclini
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
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