Elkalyce

Elkalyce[1] is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.The genus is monotypic containing the single species Elkalyce cogina (Schaus, 1902) endemic to Brazil.

Elkalyce
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Elkalyce
Bálint & Johnson, [1996]
Species

Elkalyce cogina
Elkalyce diporides
Elkalyce kala

Elkalyce cogina, the only species in the genus, does not belong to the sub-tribe Lycaenopsina and actually belongs to the sub-tribe Everina (Freitas et al., 2016). The species Elkalyce cogina originates in Asia (Freitas et al., 2016). The larvae of Elkalyce cogina feeds on fabaceae (Freitas et al., 2016).

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Elkalyce Bálint & Johnson, 1995". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2019.

Freitas, A. V. L., Kaminski, L. A., Talavera, G., & Vila, R. (2016). One‐note samba: the biogeographical history of the relict Brazilian butterfly Elkalyce cogina. Journal of Biogeography, 43(4), 727–737. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12671


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