Lestranicus

Lestranicus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by John Nevill Eliot and Akito Kawazoe in 1983. The two species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm and the bordering Palearctic realm.

Lestranicus
Lestranicus transpectus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Lestranicus
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

Species

  • Lestranicus transpectus (Moore, 1879) – white-banded hedge blue (Sikkim to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China)
  • Lestranicus yoshidai Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 (Philippines)
  • Savela, Markku (October 21, 2016). "Lestranicus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  • Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Lestranicus". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 28, 2001 via Internet Archive. With images.


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