Favonius leechina Lamas, 2008

Lamas, Gerardo, 2008, Twelve new species-group replacement names and further nomenclatural notes on Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1848 (1), pp. 47-56 : 48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1848.1.5
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scientific name	Favonius leechina Lamas
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4. Favonius leechina Lamas , nom. nov.

= Thecla orientalis leechi Riley, 1939: 355 . Junior primary homonym of Thecla leechii Nicéville, 1893: 335 View in CoL .

Thecla leechii View in CoL was first transferred to Satsuma Murray, 1874 by Evans (1912: 989), but Satsuma is a junior homonym, replaced by Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946 View in CoL . Johnson (1992) placed leechii View in CoL in Ahlbergia View in CoL , but the latter is considered a junior subjective synonym of Callophrys Billberg 1820 View in CoL ( Gorbunov, 2001; Robbins, 2004). Thecla orientalis leechi was regarded by Fujioka (1994) and Koiwaya (2007) as a valid species in Favonius Sibatani & Ito, 1942 View in CoL . Since both leechii Nicéville View in CoL and leechi Riley were considered congeneric after 1899, Article 23.9.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature ( ICZN, 1999) does not apply.

Etymology: An arbitrary combination of letters, resulting from uniting the surname of John Henry Leech (1862–1900), and the type country, China, of leechi Riley. A noun in apposition.