Lestranicus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Lestranicus
Species: (2)
L. transpectus – L. yoshidai
Name

Lestranicus Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983.

Type species: Polyommatus transpectus Moore, 1879: 139, by original designation.
References

Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9 Reference page.
Moore, F., 1879. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 136–144. BHL. Reference page.

Lestranicus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by John Nevill Eliot and Akito Kawazoe in 1983. The two species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm and the bordering Palearctic realm.
Species

Lestranicus transpectus (Moore, 1879) – white-banded hedge blue (Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China)
Lestranicus yoshidai Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 (Philippines)

External links

Savela, Markku (October 21, 2016). "Lestranicus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus: Lestranicus". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 28, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.