Protantigius
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| Illustration accompanying the original description of Protantigius superans, 2155 male, 2156 female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Clade: | Obtectomera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Protantigius Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956 |
| Species: | P. superans
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| Binomial name | |
| Protantigius superans (Oberthür, 1914)
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Protantigius is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. [1] Its single species is Protantigius superans found in the Russian Far East (Primorye), north-eastern and central China and on the Korean Peninsula.
The habitat consists of gaps, stream bottomlands and edges of deciduous forests.
Adults are on wing from mid-July to mid-August.
The larvae possibly feed on Fraxinus rhynchophylla, Alunus hirsuta, Populus koreana and/or Salix species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Protantigius superans superans
- Protantigius superans ginzii (Seok, 1936) (southern Primorye, Korea)
References
[edit]- ^ "Protantigius Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Media related to Protantigius at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Protantigius at Wikispecies
- Protantigius superans (Oberthur, 1914) at Insecta.pro
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