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Leucantigius

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
L. atayalica

Similar
  
Artopoetes, Sukidion, Cordelia

Leucantigius is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its only species is Leucantigius atayalica.

The larva feed on Quercus longinux and Quercus glauca.

Subspecies

  • L. a. atayalica Taiwan
  • L. a. unicolor Saigusa, 1993 Fujian
  • L. a. hainanensis Gu & Wang, 1997 Hainan
  • References

    Leucantigius Wikipedia