Tomares

Tomares Rambur, 1840

Tomares Rambur, 1840; Faune ent. Andal. 2 (5): 261; TS: Papilio ballus Fabricius

Tomares; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Tomares (Lycaenidae); [BRU2], 120
Tomares (Tomarini); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 436; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74

Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)

Spain, Morocco, Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Egypt. See [maps] Provence Hairstreak Cardenillo

Papilio ballus Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 80; TL: Spain
Thestor ballus catalonica de Sagarra, 1930; Butll. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 10 (7): 116
Tomares (Thestor) ballus mareoticus Graves, 1918; Entomologist 51: 97
?Thestor ballus ab. concolor Agenjo, 1934; Eos 9 (1-2): 314, pl. 18, f. 6

Tomares ballus bisaurantia; [CoL]
Tomares ballus catalonica; [CoL]
Tomares ballus flavosticta; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Tomares ballus illuminata; [CoL]
Tomares ballus maresticus; [CoL]
Tomares ballus masoi; [CoL]
Tomares ballus oberthuri; [CoL]
Tomares ballus phychrokoilios; [CoL]
Tomares ballus; [H&R], 239; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 11, f. 5-6; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [Otakar Kudrna]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [Mario Maier]

500x433 (~59Kb) underside Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

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; Étud. d'Ent. 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; Ètud. 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; [iNaturalist]
Tomares ballus mauretanicoides; [CoL]
Tomares ballus weberi; [CoL]

600x435 (~27Kb) underside Morocco, Aït-Baha, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

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; [CoL]

Tomares nogelii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])

Ukraine, Romania, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Turkey - Armenia. See [maps]

Polyommatus nogelii Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]; Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 1 (2): 33, ?pl. 110, ?f. 529-532; TL: Amasia [Turkey]
Thestor nogelii f. obscura Rühl, [1893]; Palaearkt. Grossschm. 1: 199

Thestor nogelii obscura; [CoL]
Tomares nogelii; [EBW]; [BHR]; [BOW]: pl. 206, f. 45; [BRU2]: 123, pl. 56, f. 35-37, 50-52; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]

T. n. nesimachus (Oberthür, 1893)

Thestor nesimachus Oberthür, 1893; Étud. d'Ent. 18: 18, pl. 2, f. 30

Thestor nesimachus; [CoL]
Tomares nesimachus; ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

T. n. dobrogensis (Caradja, 1895)

Thestor nogelii var. dobrogensis Caradja, 1895; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 8 (1): 34

Thestor nogelii dobrogensis; [CoL]
Tomares nogelii dobrogensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74; [iNaturalist]

Tomares callimachus (Eversmann, 1848)

Anatolia, Iran, Iraq, Caucasia. See [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 (43): f. 438-440
Polyommatus hafis Kollar, [1849]; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 1: 51

Tomares callimachus; [BOW]: pl. 206, f. 43; [BHR]; [BRU2]: 122, pl. 56, f. 20-25, 32-34; [Otakar Kudrna]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]

T. c. callimachus

Tomares callimachus callimachus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74

T. c. tauricus Korb & Yakovlev, 1998 Crimea

Tomares callimachus tauricus Korb & Yakovlev, 1998; Lambillionea 98: 141; TL: Krim, Sudak, 300m

Tomares callimachus tauricus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74

Tomares desinens Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1980

Azerbaijan. See [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; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

T. d. mebep (Kemal & Koçak, 2005) Turkey

Tomaras desinens mebep Kemal & Koçak, 2005; Priamus 11 (3): 53; TL: Turkey, Van, Çatak, Harli meseligi, 1600m

Tomares romanovi (Christoph, 1882)

Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh, Turkey, Iran. See [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; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]

T. r. romanovi Armenia (highland)

Tomares romanovi romanovi; Koçak, 1977, Atalanta 8 (1): 46; [BRU2], 121; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74

T. r. cachetinus Nekrutenko, 1978 Georgia

romanovi cachetinus Nekrutenko, 1978; Dopovidi Akad. Nauk. Ukr. RSR (B) 1978 (1): 84

Tomares romanovi cachetinus; [BRU2], 121; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74; [CoL]

T. r. cyprius Stichel, 1911 Talysh?, Kopet-Dagh?

Tomares romanovi cyprius; [BRU2], 121; [CoL]

T. r. maculifera (Staudinger, [1892])

Thestor romanovi var. maculifera Staudinger, [1892]; Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 4 (2): 233

Tomares romanovi maculifera; [CoL]

Tomares telemachus Zhdanko, 2000

Kopet-Dagh. See [maps]

Tomares telemachus Zhdanko, 2000; [BRU2]: 121, pl. 56, f. 29-31; TL: Kopet-Dagh, 70 km E of Askhabad, Karachaudan, 800m

Tomares telemachus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74

Tomares fedtschenkoi (Erschoff, 1874)

Afghanistan, N.Pakistan. See [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]

Thestor fedtschenkoi; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 357; [CoL]
Tomares fedtchenkoi[sic]; [BRU2]: 120, pl. 56, 44-49
Tomares fedtschenkoi; [BOW]: pl. 206, f. 44; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74; [iNaturalist]

T. f. fedtschenkoi S.Turkmenia, Ghissar-Darvaz, Alai, W.Tian-Shan, N.Tian-Shan

Tomares fedtschenkoi fedtschenkoi; [BRU2], 120; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74

T. f. alpina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Pamirs, S.Ghissar

Thestor fedtschenkoi var. alpina Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 357

Thestor fedtschenkoi alpina; [CoL]
Tomares fedtschenkoi alpina; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 74
Tomares fedtschenkoi alpinus; [BRU2], 120

Tomares mauretanicus (Lucas, 1849)

Atlas Mts., Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. See [maps] Moroccan Hairstreak

Polyommatus mauretanicus Lucas, 1849; Explor. Sci. Algérie (zool.) 3: 360, pl. 1, f. 3; TL: Bougie (Algeria)
Polyommatus ballus var. undulatus Gerhard, 1850; Versuch Mon. europ. Schmett. (2): 5, pl. 5, f. 2a-b; TL: Germany [error]
Thestor mauretanicus ab. sabulosus Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 96; TL: Algeria
Thestor mauretanicus var. boisduvali Oberthür, 1910; Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4: 96; TL: Algeria
Thestor mauretanicus ab. tristis Oberthür, 1915; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10: 368, pl. 292, f. 2389; TL: Lambessa (Algeria)
Thestor mauretanicus f. subtus-reductus Zopp, 1954; Zs. Wiener ent. Ges. 39: 128; TL: [Algeria]
Thestor mauretanicus f. subtus-confluens Zopp, 1954; Zs. Wiener ent. Ges. 39: 128; TL: Lambessa (Algeria)
Thestor mauretanicus f. maroccanus Zopp, 1954; Zs. Wiener 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; [H&R], 239; [BMAT]: 28, pl. 9, f. 50-72; [MBE]
Tomares mauritanicus maroccanus; [CoL]
Tomares mauritanicus subtusconfluens; [CoL]
Tomares mauritanicus subtusreductus; [CoL]
Tomares mauritanicus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Tomares mauritanicus[sic, mauretanicus]; [EBW]; [BOW], pl. 11, f. 6 (text only)

?T. m. amelnorum

Tomares mauritanicus amelnorum; [iNaturalist]

References:

[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
[EVERSMANNIA]
Eversmannia contents
[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
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[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
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Simon Coombes]
1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Agenjo, 1934
Nuevas formas Ropalóceros y Gripóceros de España (Lep.) Eos 9 (1-2) : 311-320 pl. 18
Caradja, 1895
Die Grossschmetterlinge des Königreichs Rumänien Dt. ent. Z. Iris 8 (1) : 1-102
Christoph, 1882
Einige neue Lepidoptera aus Russisch-Armenien Horae Soc. ent. Ross. 17 (1-2) : 104-122
[BHR]; D'Abrera, 1990-1993
Butterflies of the Holarctic Region I: 1? (1990), : ?-? (1992), III: 336-524 (1993)
Dupont, 1908
Sur une variété de coloration du Thestor Ballus F. [Lép.] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1908 : 319-320
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
Erschoff, 1874
Travels in Turkestan. Volume 2. Zoogeographical Investigations. Lepidoptera [in Russian] in Fedschenko, Travels in Turkestan. 2 (5) : 1-128, pl. 1-6
Eversmann, 1848
Beschreibung einigen neuen falter Russlands Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 21 (3) : 205-232
Fabricius, 1787
Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus Mantissa Insectorum 2 : 1-382
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)
Graves, 1918
Some new forms of Lycaenidae from Egypt Entomologist 51 : 97-98
Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Le Pamir et sa faune lépidoptérologique in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4 : 1-576, pl. A,1-21
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 (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)
[H&R]; Higgins & Riley, 1970
A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe
Holl, 1909
Sur deux variétés de coloration du Thestor Ballus F. [Lep. Lycaenidae] Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1909 : 228-229
Kemal & Koçak, 2005
Annotated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of çatak Valley (Van Province, Turkey) Priamus 11 (3) : 29-58
Koçak, 1977
Studies on the family Lycaenidae Atalanta 8 (1) : 41-62
Kollar, [1849]
Ueber den Charakter der Insecten-Fauna von SüdPersien Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 1 : 42-53
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
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lucas, 1849
Exploration Scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les Annees 1840, 1841, 1842. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articules (3) Insectes Explor. Sci. Algérie (zool.) 3 : 1-527, : (Lepidopteres) pl. 1-4
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
Nekrutenko, 1978
Two new subspecies of the lycaenid butterfly Subfamily Strymoninae (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from East Georgia and West Azserbaijan Dopovidi Akad. Nauk. Ukr. RSR (B) 1978 (1) : 82-87
Nekrutenko & Effendi, 1980
A new species of Tomares from Talysh Mountains (Lycaenidae) Nota lep. 3 (1-2) : 69-72
Oberthür, 1893
Lépidoptères d'Asie Étud. d'Ent. 18 : 11-45, pl. 2-6
Oberthür, 1910
Notes pour servir à établir la Faune Française et Algérienne des Lépidoptères Ètud. Lépid. Comp. 4 : 15-691, pl. 35-58
Oberthür, 1915
Faune des Lépidoptères de la Barbarie, Algerie Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10 : 1-459, pl. 276-277,277bis,278-315
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)
Rühl, [1893]
Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterling und ihre Naturgeschichte Palaearkt. Grossschm. 1 : 1-857
de Sagarra, 1930
Anotacions a la lepidopterologia Ibérica V (2). Formes noves de lepidòpters ibérics Butll. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 10 (7) : 110-118
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, [1892]
Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des paäarktischen Faunengebiets Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 4 (2) : 224-339, pl. 3-4 (1892)
[BMAT]; Tennent, 1996
The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia : 1-217
Turati, 1924
Spedizione Lepidotterologica in Cirenaica 1921-1922 Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63 : 21-191, pl. 1-6
[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
Zopp, 1954
Neue Lycaeniden-Formen 1 Zs. Wiener ent. Ges. 39 : 128-129

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