''Leucantigius'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

butterfly genus in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

. Its only species is ''Leucantigius atayalica''."''Leucantigius'' Shirôzu & Murayama, 1951"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' The larvae feed on ''

Quercus longinux ''Quercus longinux'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family. It has only been found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas ...

'' and ''

Quercus glauca ''Quercus glauca'' ( syn. ''Cyclobalanopsis glauca''), commonly called ring-cupped oak or Japanese blue oak, is a tree in the beech family (Fagaceae). It is native to eastern and southern Asia, where it is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, nor ...

''.

Subspecies

*''L. a. atayalica'' Taiwan *''L. a. unicolor'' Saigusa, 1993 Fujian *''L. a. hainanensis'' Gu & Wang, 1997 Hainan

References

Theclini Lycaenidae genera Monotypic butterfly genera {{Theclinae-stub