Favonius orientalis
Species of butterfly
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Favonius orientalis is an East Palearctic species of hairstreak butterfly found in China, Amur, Ussuri, Kunashir, Japan, and Korea.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Favonius |
| Species: | F. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Favonius orientalis (Murray, 1875) | |
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The larva feeds on Quercus mongolica, Quercus serrata, Quercus dentata, Quercus acutissima, Quercus variabilis and Fabaceae.[1]
Subspecies
- F. o. orientalis (Honshu)
- F. o. shirozui Murayama, 1956 (Hokkaido)
- F. o. schischkini Kurentzov, 1970 (Amur, Ussuri, Kunashir)
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