Thecla

Thecla Fabricius, 1807

Thecla Fabricius, 1807; Mag. f. Insektenk. 6: 286; TS: Papilio betulae Linnaeus
Zephyrus Dalman, 1816; K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816 (1): 62, 63; TS: Papilio betulae Linnaeus
- = Thecla; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 430
Aurotis Dalman, 1816; K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816 (1): 63, 90; TS: Papilio betulae Linnaeus
- = Thecla; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 430
Ruralis Tutt, 1906; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18 (5): 130; TS: Papilio betulae Linnaeus
- = Thecla; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 430

Aurotis; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Ruralis; [NHM-BMW]
Thecla; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 8; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Thecla (Section Thecla); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 430
Thecla (Lycaenidae); [BRU2], 86
Thecla (Theclini); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 68; [RFEL]
Zephyrius; Billberg, 1820, Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 80 (missp.); [NHM-BMW]
Zephyrus; [NHM-BMW]

Unmatched external taxa

Thecla acaste lycimna; [CoL]
Thecla adachii; [CoL]
Thecla admsi; [CoL]
Thecla aegides sylvana; [CoL]
Thecla aeone; [CoL]
Thecla aetolus; [CoL]
Thecla agrippa; [CoL]
Thecla albovirgata; [CoL]
Thecla alpeona; [CoL]
Thecla americensis tucumana; [CoL]
Thecla anacreon; [CoL]
Thecla angelia dowi; [CoL]
Thecla annulatus; [CoL]
Thecla antinous; [CoL]
Thecla arja; [CoL]
Thecla atilla; [CoL]
Thecla augusta; [CoL]
Thecla aurantiaexcessa; [CoL]
Thecla aurarina; [CoL]
Thecla avaloma; [CoL]
Thecla bathildis; [CoL]
Thecla bathis; [CoL]
Thecla bellus; [CoL]
Thecla bellusbipunctatus; [CoL]
Thecla bellusexcessus; [CoL]
Thecla bellusunipunctatus; [CoL]
Thecla biangula; [CoL]
Thecla bicolor leptocosma; [CoL]
Thecla blenina muiri; [CoL]
Thecla bubastus; [CoL]
Thecla caerulescens; [CoL]
Thecla carolena; [CoL]
Thecla catalasquensis; [CoL]
Thecla ceranus; [CoL]
Thecla ceromia suada; [CoL]
Thecla cethegus; [CoL]
Thecla chalybeia; [CoL]
Thecla chiton; [CoL]
Thecla cincinata; [CoL]
Thecla cithonius; [CoL]
Thecla citima; [CoL]
Thecla coelestis; [CoL]
Thecla colombiola; [CoL]
Thecla cornae; [CoL]
Thecla coronta watkinsi; [CoL]
Thecla crossaea; [CoL]
Thecla cyllarissus; [CoL]
Thecla dama; [CoL]
Thecla dindus; [CoL]
Thecla distractus; [CoL]
Thecla dohertii; [CoL]
Thecla dydimaon; [CoL]
Thecla entheoides; [CoL]
Thecla ergeus; [CoL]
Thecla erthyrozona; [CoL]
Thecla ethemon; [CoL]
Thecla exoleta; [CoL]
Thecla falacer; [CoL]
Thecla fasciata; [CoL]
Thecla gabelus; [CoL]
Thecla gabriel; [CoL]
Thecla getus; [CoL]
Thecla ginzii; [CoL]
Thecla guzauta; [CoL]
Thecla herri; [CoL]
Thecla hicetes; [CoL]
Thecla hypoliedes; [CoL]
Thecla iamble; [CoL]
Thecla inflammata; [CoL]
Thecla ingae; [CoL]
Thecla ion extrema; [CoL]
Thecla irus; [CoL]
Thecla ixion; [CoL]
Thecla jago; [CoL]
Thecla japonica; [CoL]
Thecla kanonis; [CoL]
Thecla katakirii; [CoL]
Thecla katura; [CoL]
Thecla kwangtungensis; [CoL]
Thecla laceyi; [CoL]
Thecla lincus; [CoL]
Thecla loxurina rufanalis; [CoL]
Thecla lydus; [CoL]
Thecla marcidus alboabdominalis; [CoL]
Thecla marcidus; [CoL]
Thecla marmous; [CoL]
Thecla mecrida anastomosis; [CoL]
Thecla megarus; [CoL]
Thecla melibaeus; [CoL]
Thecla melimus; [CoL]
Thecla melli; [CoL]
Thecla metunira; [CoL]
Thecla modesta; [CoL]
Thecla moncus; [CoL]
Thecla nannidon; [CoL]
Thecla nebis; [CoL]
Thecla neis; [CoL]
Thecla neoperplexa; [CoL]
Thecla nerva; [CoL]
Thecla nigroflavus; [CoL]
Thecla obsoleta; [CoL]
Thecla orsilla; [CoL]
Thecla pereza; [CoL]
Thecla persimilis; [CoL]
Thecla petus; [CoL]
Thecla phoster parvipuncta; [CoL]
Thecla phydela dealbata; [CoL]
Thecla prattei; [CoL]
Thecla pretiosa; [CoL]
Thecla pseudarenia; [CoL]
Thecla pudica; [CoL]
Thecla rhymnus; [CoL]
Thecla rickmanni; [CoL]
Thecla rileyi; [CoL]
Thecla schryveri; [CoL]
Thecla sendiga; [CoL]
Thecla sicheus; [CoL]
Thecla silenissa; [CoL]
Thecla sinemacula; [CoL]
Thecla spinctorum; [CoL]
Thecla spurina erenea; [CoL]
Thecla strophius; [CoL]
Thecla taiheizana; [CoL]
Thecla tayai; [CoL]
Thecla thius; [CoL]
Thecla togarna lincoides; [CoL]
Thecla tomlinsoni; [CoL]
Thecla vallonia; [CoL]
Thecla vulnerator; [CoL]
Thecla watarii; [CoL]
Thecla werneri; [CoL]
Thecla wittfeldi; [CoL]
Thecla wittfieldi; [CoL]
Thecla yakushimaensis; [CoL]
Thecla zulia; [CoL]

References:

[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[EVERSMANNIA]
Eversmannia contents
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[Leif Wahlberg]
Julita, Sweden; e-mail: Leif Wahlberg
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[Mario Maier]
Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier
[Michael Borsch]
Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[SZMN] Lepidoptera
Siberian Zoological Museum
[Tero Piirainen] Tampere, Finland
e-mail: Tero Piirainen
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Billberg, 1820
Enumeratio Insectorum Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb. : 1-138
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
Cosmovici, 1892
Contributions a l'étude de la faune entomologique Roumaine Le Naturaliste (2) 6: (136): 254-256, (137): 264, (138): 280-281
Dalman, 1816
Försök till systematiks Uppställing af Sveriges Fjärilar K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816 (1): 48-101, (2): 199-225
Doi & Cho, 1931
A new Subspecies of Zephyrus betulae from Korea J. Chosen Nat. Hist. Soc. 12 : 50-51
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Fabricius, 1807
Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Mag. f. Insektenk. 6 : 277-295
Gerhard, 1850
Versuch einer Monographie der europäischen Schmetteringsarten: Thecla, Polyomattus[sic], Lycaena, Nemeobius. Als Beitrag zur Schmetterlingskunde Versuch Mon. europ. Schmett. (1): 1-4, pl. 1-4 (1850), (2): 5, pl. 5-8 (1850), (3): 7-8, pl. 9-12 (1850), (4): 9, pl. 13-16 (1851), (5): 11, pl. 17-20 (1851), (6): 13, pl. 21-24 (1851), (7): 15, pl. 25-28 (1851), (8): 17, pl. 29-32 (1851), (9): 19, pl. 33-36 (1852), (10): 21, pl. 37-39 (1853)
Godman & Salvin, [1887]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
Hewitson, 1867
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Huang & Murayama, 1992
Butterflies of Xinjiang province, China Tyô to Ga 43 (1) : 1-22
Korb & Bolshakov, 2011
[A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilioformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated] (in Russian) Eversmannia Suppl. 2 : 1-123
[BARU]; Korshunov & Gorbunov, 1995
Dnevnye babochki Aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik [Butterflies of Asian part of Russia. Guide.] [in Russian] Butts. Asian Russia : 1-202, (English): English translation by Oleg Kosterin
Leech, 1890
New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
Leech, 1894
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-296, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Linnaeus, 1758
Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824
Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997
Plantas nutricias de los licénidos y satirinos españoles (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae y Nymphalidae) Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21 : 29-53
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Shirôzu, 1962
Evolution of the food-habits of larvae of the Thecline butterflies (Fifteenth Anniversary (1960) Commemorative Publication) [in Japanese] Tyô to Ga 12 (4): 144-162
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1887
Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren aus dem Amur-Gebiete in Romanoff, Mém. Lépid. 3 : 126-232, pl. 6-12, 15-17
Tutt, 1906
A Study of the generic Names of the British Lycaenides and their close Allies Ent. Rec. J. Var. 18 (5) : 129-132
[BRU2]; Tuzov, Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000
Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories: Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae Butts. Russia adj. terr. 2 : 1-580

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