Tongeia ion

Tongeia ion
Butterfly 4 is a Tongeia ion male from China
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Tongeia
Species:	T. ion
Binomial name
Tongeia ion Leech, 1891

Tongeia ion is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by John Henry Leech in 1891. Tongeia ion closely resembles Tongeia fischeri.

Subspecies

• T. i. ion western China, Yunnan-Sichuan-Tibet border and also recorded from Thailand.
• T. i. cratylus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) Sichuan-Tibet border (Batang; Mangkang)
• T. i. cellariusi (Bollow, 1930) eastern Gansu (Qinling Mts.)

References

• Savela, Markku (January 4, 2019). "Tongeia ion (Leech, 1891)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
• Leech, J. H. "New Species of Rhopalocera from western China". The Entomologist. (original description)