Tongeia

Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Tongeia
Species: T. arata –T. bella –T. bisudu –T. burte –T. davidi –T. dongchuanensis – T. filicaudis –T. fischeri –T. germani –T. ion –T. kala –T. menpae – T. potanini –T. zuthus
Unresolved names: T. amplifascia –T. confusa –T. minima –T. pseudozuthus –T. shaolinensis

Name

Tongeia Tutt, 1908

Type species: Lycaena fischeri Eversmann, 1843: 537.

References

• Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 28(6): 371-505; 36 Pls.; 162 Text-figs. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. 1998. Research on the butterflies of the Namjagbarwa Region, S. E. Tibet (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 41: 207–263. PDF. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. 2001. Report of H. Huang's 2000 expedition to SE. Tibet for Rhopalocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 51: 65–151. PDF. Reference page. 
• Lvovsky A. & Yakovlev R., 2003: Designation of the lectotype of Fischer’s Blue, Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Helios, 4: 179–180.
• Pryer, W. B., 1877. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from North China. Cistula Entomologica 2(18): 231-236, pl. 4. Reference page. 
• Wang, Z.-G. & Y. Niu, 2002: New species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China, II. Entomotaxonomia 2002 (4): 276–284.
• Yakovlev R., 2003: A revision of Fischer’s Blue Tongeia fischeri (Eversmann, 1843) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Helios, 4: 181–198.
• Yoshino, K. 2023. A review of the genus Tongeia from China with description of a new subspecies of Tongeia davidi Poujade, 1885 (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera). Neo Lepidoptera 5: 23–31. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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