Favonius Sibatani & Ito

Munguira, Miguel L., Martín, José, García-Barros, Enrique, Shahbazian, Gayaneh & Cancela, Juan Pablo, 2015, Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 201-247 : 209

Genus Favonius Sibatani & Ito (= Quercusia Verity )

( Fig. 3 E, F)

This is a monospecific genus in our area, represented by Favonius quercus (Linnaeus) . The micropyle is found within a depression that has a flat reticulated surface whose cells have thick walls. The rest of the egg shows polygonal cells with high walls, whose corners are like small chimneys, often having an aeropyle at the tip. The bottom of these cells has a rough texture.

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FIGURE 3. Scanning electron microscope photographs of a general view of the egg and the detail of the annular zone of the eggs of Lycaena hippothoe (A, B), Thecla betulae (C, D), and Favonius quercus (E, F). Scale bars 200 Μm (A, C, E) and 20 Μm (B, D, F).