Leucantigius
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Leucantigius is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its only species is Leucantigius atayalica.[3]
| Leucantigius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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) | |
The larvae 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
