Leucantigius
| Leucantigius | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Theclini |
| Genus: | Leucantigius Shirôzu & Murayama, 1951 [1][2] |
| Species: | L. atayalica |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucantigius atayalica (Shirôzu & Murayama, 1943) | |
Leucantigius is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its only species is Leucantigius atayalica.[3]
The larvae feed on Quercus longinux and Quercus glauca.
Subspecies
[edit]- L. a. atayalica Taiwan
- L. a. unicolor Saigusa, 1993 Fujian
- L. a. hainanensis Gu & Wang, 1997 Hainan
- L. a. lamdongensis Saito & Inayoshi 2018 Vietnam[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Shirozu, T. & Murayama, S., 1951. Leucantigius, a new Genus for Formosan Lycaenidae. Trans. Lepid. Soc. Japan. 2(3): 17-18
- ↑ Koiwaya, S., 2007. The Zephyrus Hairstreaks of the World. 1: 1–300, 2: pls 1-256. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978-4-943955-05-4
- ↑ "Leucantigius Shirôzu & Murayama, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ "Leucantigius atayalicus lamdongensis". yutaka.it-n.jp. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
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