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Tomares Rambur, 1840
Tomares Rambur, 1840; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 261, TS: Papilio ballus Fabricius
Tomares (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 120]
Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)
Spain, Morocco, Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Egypt. See [About maps] Provence Hairstreak Cardenillo
Papilio ballus Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum, 2: 80, TL: Spain
Tomares ballus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Tomares ballus, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Tomares ballus, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
 Tomares ballus ; [H&R, 239]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 11, f. 5-6]; [Otakar Kudrna]
[ballus-1v.jpg] 500x433 (~59Kb) underside Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes [ballus-2v.jpg] 400x349 (~42Kb) underside Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

T. b. ballus
Morocco, Algeria, N.Tunisia Thestor ballus ab. subtus-partim-confluens Oberthür, 1896; Etudes d'Entomologie, 20: 14, f. 82, TL: Bône (Algeria)
Thestor Ballus var. crosi Dupont, 1908; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1908: 320, TL: Mascara (Algeria)
Thestor ballus ab. oberthueri Holl, 1909; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1909: 228, TL: Algeria
Thestor ballus ab. weberi Holl, 1909; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1909: 229, TL: Algeria
Thestor ballus ab. undulatus Oberthür, 1910; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 98, TL: Mascara (Algeria)
Tomarus ballus f. mauretanicoides Barragué, 1954; Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Afr. N. 45 (3/4): 185, TL: Algeria
Tomares ballus ballus ; [BMAT: 27, pl. 9, f. 31-44]
[ballus_ballus-1v.jpg] 600x435 (~27Kb) underside Morocco, Aït-Baha, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

Larva on Anthyllis tetraphylla, Erophaca boetica, Medicago cf. turbinata, Lotus hispidus, Medicago sp. [BMAT]


T. b. cyrenaica Turati, 1924
S.Tunisia, N.Libya Tomares ballus cyrenaica Turati, 1924; Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63: 35, pl. 1, f. 14-16, TL: Benghazi (Libya)
Tomares ballus cyrenaica ; [BMAT: 27, pl. 9, f. 45-49]
Tomares nogelii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
Ukraine, Romania, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey - Armenia. See [About maps] Polyommatus nogelii Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (2): 33 (1843), ?pl. 110, ?f. 529-532, TL: Amasia [Turkey]
Thestor dobrogensis Caradja, 1895; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 8: 34
Thestor nogelii f. obscura Rühl, [1893]; Palaearktischen Grosschmetterlinge: 199
Tomares nogelii dobrogensis ;
Tomares nogelii ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 45]; [BRU2: 123, pl. 56, f. 35-37, 50-52]
Tomares nogelli[sic?] ; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Astragalus ponticus? [BHR], (Seitz)

T. n. nesimachus (OberthÜr, 1893)
Thestor nesimachus OberthÜr, 1893; : 18, pl. 2, f. 30
Tomares nesimachus ;
Tomares callimachus (Eversmann, 1848)
Anatolia, Iran, Iraq, Caucasia. See [About maps] Lycaena callimachus Eversmann, 1848; Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 21 (3): 208, TL: Grusien [Khanlar, Azerbaijan]
epiphania (Boisduval, 1848)
?Polyommatus epiphania Herrich-Schäffer, 1850; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1: f. 438-440
Polyommatus hafis Kollar, [1849]; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 1: 51, n.2
Tomares callimachus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Tomares callimachus ; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 43]; [BRU2: 122, pl. 56, f. 20-25, 32-34]; [Otakar Kudrna]

Larva on Astragalus physodes [BHR], (Seitz) Astragalus vulpinus, (lower Volga,NW.Kazakhstan) Astragalus leptostachus, (Zailiisky Alatau Mts.) [BRU2, 122]

T. c. tauricus Korb & Yakovlev, 1998
Crimea
Tomares desinens Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1980
Azerbaijan. See [About maps] Tomares desinens Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1980; Nota lep. 3 (1-2): 69, f. 1-4, TL: Azerbaijan, Talysh Mountains, Zugand, Gili-dra, 1800m
Tomares desinens ; [BRU2: 122, pl. 56, f. 26-28]
Tomares romanovi (Christoph, 1882)
Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh, Turkey, Iran. See [About maps] Thestor romanovi Christoph, 1882; Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 17 (1-2): 106, TL: Ordubad [Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan]
Tomares romanovi ; [BOW, pl. 206, f. 46]; [BRU2: 120, pl. 56, f. 38-43]

Larva on Astragalus scharuhdensis, (Kopet-Dagh) [BRU2, 121]

T. r. romanovi
Armenia (highland) Tomares romanovi romanovi ; [BRU2, 121]

Larva on Astragalus finitimus [BRU2, 121]

T. r. cachetinus Nekrutenko, 1978
Georgia Tomares romanovi cachetinus ; [BRU2, 121]
T. r. cyprius Stichel, 1911
Talysh?, Kopet-Dagh? Tomares romanovi cyprius ; [BRU2, 121]
Tomares telemachus Zhdanko, 2000
Kopet-Dagh. See [About maps] Tomares telemachus Zhdanko, 2000; [BRU2: 121, pl. 56, f. 29-31], TL: Kopet-Dagh, 70 km E of Askhabad, Karachaudan, 800m

Larva on Astragalus spp.? [BRU2, 122]

Tomares fedtschenkoi (Erschoff, 1874)
Afghanistan, N.Pakistan. See [About maps] Thestor fedtschenkoi Erschoff, 1874; in Fedschenko, Travels in Turkestan. 2 (5): 8, pl. 1, f. 6, TL: [Uzbekistan, vic. Samarkand, Zeravshansky Mts., Zhdizmansky Gorge]
Tomares fedtschenkoi ; [BOW: pl. 206, f. 44]
Tomares fedtchenkoi[sic] ; [BRU2: 120, pl. 56, 44-49]

Larva on Astragalus spp. [BRU2, 120]

T. f. fedtschenkoi
S.Turkmenia, Ghissar-Darvaz, Alai, W.Tian-Shan, N.Tian-Shan Tomares fedtschenkoi fedtschenkoi ; [BRU2, 120]
T. f. alpinus (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
Pamirs, S.Ghissar Tomares fedtschenkoi alpinus ; [BRU2, 120]
Tomares mauretanicus (Lucas, 1849)
Atlas Mts., Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. See [About maps] Moroccan Hairstreak
Polyommatus mauretanicus Lucas, 1849; Explor. scient. Algérie, Zoologie 3: 360, pl. 1, f. 3, TL: Bougie (Algeria)
Polyommatus mauretanicus var. undulatus Gerhard, 1853; Versuch Mon. europ. Schmett.: 5, pl. 5, f. 2a-b, TL: Germany [error]
Thestor mauretanicus ab. sabulosus Oberthür, 1910; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 96, TL: Algeria
Thestor mauretanicus var. boisduvali Oberthür, 1910; Etud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 96, TL: Algeria
Thestor mauretanicus ab. tristis Oberthür, 1815; : 368, pl. 292, f. 2389, TL: Lambessa (Algeria)
Thestor mauretanicus f. subtus-reductus Zopp, 1954; Z. wien. ent. Ges. 39: 128, TL: [Algeria]
Thestor mauretanicus f. subtus-confluens Zopp, 1954; Z. wien. ent. Ges. 39: 128, TL: Lambessa (Algeria)
Thestor mauretanicus f. maroccanus Zopp, 1954; Z. wien. ent. Ges. 39: 129, TL: Beni-Amar, Tangier (Morocco)
Tomares mauretanicus antonius Brevignon, 1985; Alexanor 13: 42-43, f. 5-8, TL: Col du Zad (Morocco)
Tomares mauretanicus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
 Tomares mauritanicus ; [EBW]; [BOW, pl. 11, f. 6 (text only)]
Tomares mauretanicus ; [H&R, 239]; [BMAT: 28, pl. 9, f. 50-72]

Larva on Hippocrepis multisiliquosa, H. minor, Hedysarum pallidum, Astragalus epiglottis, A. pentaglottis [BMAT]

?T. m. amelnorum
[amelnorum-1v.jpg] 600x435 (~58Kb) underside Morocco, Djebel Siroua, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BHR]
D'Abrera; Butterflies of the Holarctic Region, Part I-III
[BMAT]
Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[BRU2]
Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[H&R]
Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[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
[Michel Tarrier]
Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

Some related literature:
Caradja, 1895
Die Grossschmetterlinge des Königreichs Rumänien Dt. ent. Z. Iris 8: 1-102
Christoph, 1882
Einige neue Lepidoptera aus Russisch-Armenien Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 17 (1-2): 104-122
Erschoff, 1874
Travels in Turkestan. Volume 2. Zoogeographical Investigataions. Part 5. Lepidoptera in Fedschenko, Travels in Turkestan. 2 (5): -
Eversmann, 1848
Beschreibung einigen neuen falter Russlands Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 21 (3): 205-232
Herrich-Schäffer, 1850; Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge, 1843 (-1855), Die Tagfalter Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 Text, (ii) Plates _Papilionides_, (iii) Plates _Hesperides_, (9): Title ("1843"), (1): [1-3], 4-16, (ii) pl. 1-5, f. 1-29 (1843), (2): 17-40, (ii) pl. 29-34, f. 131-156 (1843), (3): 41-56, (ii) pl. 6-12, f. 30-60, pl. 35-36, f. 157-164 (1844), (4): 57-80, (ii) pl. 13-22, f. 61-107 (1844), (5): 81-90, (ii) pl. 23-28, f. 108-130, pl. 37-41, f. 165-189 (1844), (6): 91-98, (ii) pl. 42-44, f. 190-203 (1844), (7): 99-114, (ii) pl. 45-52, f. 204-248 (1844), (9): 115-122 (1844), (10): 123-146, (ii) pl. 53-57, f. 249-274 (1845), (11): 147-162 (1845), (12): (iii) pl. 1-3, f. 1-17 (1845), (13): 163-164, (ii) pl. 58-65, f. 275-315 (1846), (14): (ii) pl. 66-70, f. 316-338, (iii) pl. 4-5, f. 18-30 (1846), (26): (ii) pl. 71-77, f. 339-376 (1847), (32): (ii) pl. 78-82, f. 377-400 (1848), (36): (ii) pl. 83-89, f. 401-426, (iii) pl. 6, f. 31-36 (1848), (37): (ii) pl. 90-91, f. 427-437 (1849), (43): (ii) pl. 92-94, f. 438-450, 452-453 (1850), (45): (ii) pl. 95-102, f. 453-489 (1850), (47): (ii) pl. 103, f. 490-495 (1851), (49): (ii) pl. 104-109, f. 496-528 (1851), (51): (ii) pl. 110-118, f. 529-570 (1851), (54): (ii) pl. 119-123, f. 571-596 (1852), (56): (ii) pl. 124-127, f. 597-618, pl. 130-132, f. 628-639, pl. 134, f. 646-651 (1852), (59): (ii) pl. 128-129, f. 619-627, pl. 133, f. 640-645 (1853), (65): (iii) pl. 7, f. 37-42, (index) [1], 2-20 (1854), (66): (index) 21-24 (1855)
Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1980
A new species of Tomares from Talysh Mountains (Lycaenidae) Nota lep. 3 (1-2): 69-72
Oberthür, 1896
De la variation chez les Lépidoptères Etudes d'Entomologie, 20: -
Rambur, 1840
Faune entomologique de l'Andalusie. 1837-1840 (Vol. 2) Faune ent. Andal. 2 (1): pl. 14-15, 18 (1837), 2 (2): 1-16, pl. 1-4 (1838), 2 (3): 17-96, pl. 6-7, 9, 11 (1838), 2 (4): 97-176, pl. 5, 8, 10, 12, 17 (1839), 2 (5): 177-336 (1840)
Turati, 1924
Spedizione Lepidotterologica in Cirenaica 1921-1922 Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63: 20-191

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