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