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Apangea

Apangea is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species Apangea pang endemic to Tibet and West China. This species is sometimes placed in Lycaena.

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Apangea

Apangea is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.1 The genus is monotypic containing the single species Apangea pang (Oberthür, 1886) endemic to Tibet and West China. This species is sometimes placed in Lycaena.

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References

  1. Zhdanko, A.B., 1995a. On the systematics of the genera Lycaena F. and Heliophorus Geyer (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 74(3): 652-661. [in Russian, English translation in Entomological review, 75(9): 1-11]
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