''Tongeia'' is a
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...
genus
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of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
found in temperate East Asia. Most
species
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are
endemic
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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
''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 '' ...
''
Huang, 2003
* ''
Tongeia davidi''
(Poujade, 1884)
* ''
Tongeia dongchuanensis
''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 '' ...
''
H. Huang & Z. Chen, 2006
* ''
Tongeia filicaudis
''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 '' ...
''
(Pryer, 1877)
* ''
Tongeia fischeri''
(Eversmann, 1843) Fischer's blue
* ''
Tongeia germani
''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 '' ...
''
Yakovlev, 2004
* ''
Tongeia hainani
''Tongeia'' is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in temperate East Asia. Most species are Endemic species, endemic to China and many species are recently described from China. The best known species is the more wide ...
''
(Bethune-Baker, 1914)
* ''
Tongeia ion''
(Leech, 1891)
* ''
Tongeia kala
''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 '' ...
''
de Nicéville, 1890)
* ''
Tongeia menpae
''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 '' ...
''
Huang, 1998
* ''
Tongeia minima
''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 '' ...
''
Shou & Yuan, 2006
* ''
Tongeia potanini
''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 '' ...
''
(Alphéraky, 1889)
* ''
Tongeia pseudozuthus
''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 '' ...
''
Huang, 2001
* ''
Tongeia shaolinensis
''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 '' ...
''
Z.G. Wang & Y. Niu, 2002
* ''
Tongeia zuthus
''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 '' ...
''
(Leech, 1893)
See also
*
List of butterflies of China (Lycaenidae)
External links
"''Tongeia'' Tutt, [1908]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and some other life forms''
*Jeratthitikul, E. Yago, M. Shizuya, H. Yokoyama, J. Tsutomu, H. 2011
Life history and morphology of the black cupid butterfly, Tongeia kala (de Nicéville) (Lycaenidae), from Myanmar, pdf, ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society''
Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by J. W. Tutt
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