Biology:Tongeia ion

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Tongeia ion
Illustration of butterflies fom China with Tongeia ion in position 4, the first butterfly in the second row
Butterfly 4 is a Tongeia ion male from China
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Tongeia
Species:
T. ion
Binomial name
Tongeia ion
Leech, 1891

Tongeia ion is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1891. Tongeia ion closely resembles Tongeia fischeri.

Subspecies

  • T. i. ion western China, Yunnan-Sichuan-Tibet border and also recorded from Thailand
  • T. i. cratylus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) Sichuan-Tibet border (Batang, Mangkang)
  • T. i. cellariusi (Bollow, 1930) eastern Gansu (Qinling Mts.)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q22286598 entry