Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok XVIII. - Natura Somogyiensis 34. / Miscellanea 18. (Kaposvár, 2020)
Schmidt P. et al.: A faunistic contribution to the butterfly fauna of Oman (Lepidoptera: Diurna)
182 Natura Somogyiensis Azanus ubaldus (Stoll, 1782) Material examined: 3 exx. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar, Jabal al QaraW of A1 Mughsayl /N16°51.243' E53°43.149' 496 m, grassy hillside 06.07.2010 / leg. S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi. Distribution: It is distributed in the dry tropical parts of Africa, excluding North Africa, including the Eastern Canary Islands, the Middle East, Arabia to India and Sri Lanka. In Oman, so far only populations from Dhofar are known. Remarks: Habitat use as in A. jesous. The host plants are probably various Acacia species, such as A. etbaica, A. tortilis and A. ehrenhergiana (Larsen & Larsen 1980). Azanus moriqua (Wallengren,1857) Material examined: 1 ex. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar, Jabal al Qara, W of Al Mughsayl /N16°51.243' E53°43.149' 496 m, grassy hillside / 20.04.2008 / leg. S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi. Distribution: A. moriqua is widely distributed in the savannah zone of Africa, all the way to South Africa, and it occurs also in the Arabian Peninsula. It is widespread in Yemen, but in Oman, it is known only from Dhofar, by a handful of specimens (Larsen 1982). Remarks: It is a very scarce species in Oman. The host plants are rather likely Acacia species (Larsen & Larsen 1980). Euchrysops osiris (Hopffer, 1855) (Figs. 28-29) Material examined: 4 exx. / OMAN, Gov. Dhofar / 20 km W of Al Mughsayl / N16°50.051' E53°42.552' / 34 m seashore, dry, rocky vegetation / 01.11.2018 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky. Distribution: The Osiris Smokey Blue occurs in most of the African continent, south of the Sahara, including Madagascar. Its range reaches also the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula and here, the species is restricted to Dhofar in Oman. Remarks: The host plants are Becium (В. filamentosum), Vigna and probably Ocimum species (Larsen & Larsen 1980). The Oriental sister species of this butterfly, E. cnejus, was found in Northern Oman in 2019. Oman is the only country, where both of these Oriental and Afrotropical Euchrysops species are known to occur (Fric et al. 2019). Theclinae Swainson, 1830 (1820) Deudorix livia (Klug, 1834) Material examined: 11 exx. OMAN, Jabal al Akhdar, Balad Seet, N23°l 1.794' E57°23.476', bushy roadside above the village, 03.07.2010 leg. S. Ilniczky, S. J. Simonyi; 2 exx. / OMAN Reg, Al Dakhiliyah / Jabal Shams / N23°15.339' E57°13.092' /2138 m rocky and bushy vegetation / 06.05.2019 / leg. L. Ábrahám, S. Ilniczky, G. Körtési. Taxonomic note: In 2005, a subspecies, D. livia barnetti (Libert, 2005) was described from Jebel Akjdar Mountains, Northern Oman (Libert 2005) but the authors could not properly examine the subspecies status of the collected specimens, they are therefore listed collectively under D. livia. Distribution: It is distributed in the northern arid zone of Africa, reaching South Algeria, Egypt, the Middle East, and most Arabia. The species was recorded also from Cyprus, and in mainland Greece in 2004 (Müller et al. 2005). In Oman, it is relatively
