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Tongeia

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).

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tongeia filicaudis

speciesTongeia filicaudis

Fischer's Blue

speciesTongeia fischeri

Dark Cupid

speciesTongeia potanini

Tongeia hainani

speciesTongeia hainani

Black Spotted Cupid

speciesTongeia ion

Tibetan Cupid

speciesTongeia zuthus

Tongeia amplifascia

speciesTongeia amplifascia

Tongeia davidi

speciesTongeia davidi

False Tibetan Cupid

speciesTongeia pseudozuthus

Tongeia bella

speciesTongeia bella

Tongeia bisudu

speciesTongeia bisudu

Tongeia burte

speciesTongeia burte

Tongeia shaolinensis

speciesTongeia shaolinensis

Tongeia kala

speciesTongeia kala

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 354343.