''Protantigius'' 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 "unispe ...

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 butterf ...

. "''Protantigius'' Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Its single species is ''Protantigius superans'' found in the

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Primorye Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of t ...

), north-eastern and central China and on the

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. The habitat consists of gaps, stream bottomlands and edges of deciduous forests. Adults are on wing from mid-July to mid-August. The larvae possibly feed on '' Fraxinus rhynchophylla'', '' Alunus hirsuta'', ''

Populus koreana ''Populus suaveolens'', called the Mongolian poplar, Korean poplar and Japanese poplar, is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Populus'', native to all of northern Asia, the Korean peninsula, the Kurils, and northern Japan. It is a tree ...

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Salix Willows, also called sallows and osiers, from the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997. The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press #2: Cambridge. of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist s ...

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Subspecies

*''Protantigius superans superans'' *''Protantigius superans ginzii'' (Seok, 1936) (southern Primorye, Korea)

References

''Protantigius superans'' (Oberthur, 1914)
at Insecta.pro Theclini Monotypic butterfly genera Lycaenidae genera {{Theclinae-stub