Tongeia

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: Tongeia
Species: T. amplifascia – T. arata – T. arcana – T. bella – T. bisudu – T. burte – T. confusa – T. davidi – T. dongchuanensis – T. filicaudis – T. fischeri – T. germani – T. hainani – T. ion – T. kala – T. menpae – T. minima – T. potanini – T. pseudozuthus – T. shaolinensis – T. zuthus
Name

Tongeia Tutt, 1908

Type species: Lycaena fischeri Eversmann, 1843
References

Huang, H. 1998. Research on the butterflies of the Namjagbarwa Region, S. E. Tibet (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 41: 207–263. PDF. Reference page.
Huang, H., 2001. Report of H. Huang's 2000 expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 51: 65–151. PDF. Reference page.
Lvovsky A. & Yakovlev R., 2003: Designation of the lectotype of Fischer’s Blue, Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Helios, 4: 179–180.
Pryer, W. B., 1877. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from North China. Cistula Entomologica 2(18): 231-236, pl. 4. Reference page.
Wang, Z.-G. & Y. Niu, 2002: New species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, II. Entomotaxonomia 2002 (4): 276–284.
Yakovlev R., 2003: A revision of Fischer’s Blue Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Helios, 4: 181–198.

Links

Tongeia – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Tongeia

Vernacular names
中文: 玄灰蝶屬

Tongeia is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in temperate East Asia. Most species are endemic to China and many species are recently described from China. The best known species is the more widely distributed Tongeia fischeri (Fischer's blue).
Species

Tongeia amplifascia Huang, 2001
Tongeia arata Yakovlev, 2009
Tongeia arcana (Leech, 1890)
Tongeia bella Huang, 2001
Tongeia bisudu Zhdanko & Yakovlev, 2001
Tongeia burte Churkin, 2003
Tongeia confusa Huang, 2003
Tongeia davidi (Poujade, 1884)
Tongeia dongchuanensis H. Huang & Z. Chen, 2006
Tongeia filicaudis） (Pryer, 1877)
Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843) Fischer's blue
Tongeia germani Yakovlev, 2004
Tongeia hainani (Bethune-Baker, 1914)
Tongeia ion (Leech, 1891)
Tongeia kala de Nicéville, 1890)
Tongeia menpae Huang, 1998
Tongeia minima Shou & Yuan, 2006
Tongeia potanini (Alphéraky, 1889)
Tongeia pseudozuthus Huang, 2001
Tongeia shaolinensis Z.G. Wang & Y. Niu, 2002
Tongeia zuthus (Leech, 1893)