Leucantigius

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Leucantigius
Species: L. atayalicus
Name

Leucantigius Shirôzu & Murayama, 1951.

Type species: Thecla atayalica Shirôzu & Murayama, 1943.
References

Shirôzu, T. & Murayama, S., 1951. Leucantigius, a new Genus for Formosan Lycaenidae. Trans. Lepid. Soc. Japan. 2(3): 17-18. PDF. Reference page.

Additional references=

Koiwaya, S. 2011. Descriptions of nine new subspecies of the tribe Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China, Myanmar and eastern India. Gekkan-Mushi 485: 4–8. Reference page.

Leucantigius is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its only species is Leucantigius atayalica.[3]

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

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