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Luciola
Luciola is a genus of "flashing" fireflies (family Lampyridae), especially well-known from Japan. They are often called "Japanese fireflies", but their members range farther into Asia and reach southern Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, among other countries) and Africa. This genus is traditionally held to extend to Australia, but these species do not seem to belong herein (see below for details).
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Portuguese Firefly
speciesLuciola lusitanica
Luciola
subgenusLuciola
Luciola pedemontana
speciesLuciola pedemontana
Luciola mingrelica
speciesLuciola mingrelica
Luciola capensis
speciesLuciola capensis
Luciola unmunsana
speciesLuciola unmunsana
Luciola aquatilis
speciesLuciola aquatilis
Luciola kuroiwae
speciesLuciola kuroiwae
Luciola mongolica
speciesLuciola mongolica
Luciola novaki
speciesLuciola novaki
Luciola laticollis
speciesLuciola laticollis
Luciola pieli
speciesLuciola pieli
Luciola noctivaga
speciesLuciola noctivaga
Luciola substriata
speciesLuciola substriata
Luciola tsushimana
speciesLuciola tsushimana
Luciola bimaculata
speciesLuciola bimaculata
Luciola bimaculicollis
speciesLuciola bimaculicollis
Luciola caffra
speciesLuciola caffra
Luciola cincticollis
speciesLuciola cincticollis
Luciola cisteloides
speciesLuciola cisteloides
Luciola dregei
speciesLuciola dregei
Luciola exoleta
speciesLuciola exoleta
Luciola falsa
speciesLuciola falsa
Luciola fusca
speciesLuciola fusca
Luciola fuscula
speciesLuciola fuscula
Luciola japonica
speciesLuciola japonica
Luciola krugeri
speciesLuciola krugeri
Luciola nitidula
speciesLuciola nitidula
Luciola obscuripennis
speciesLuciola obscuripennis
Luciola perpetiuscula
speciesLuciola perpetiuscula
Luciola pumila
speciesLuciola pumila
Luciola tetrasticta
speciesLuciola tetrasticta
Luciola turneri
speciesLuciola turneri
Luciola umbratica
speciesLuciola umbratica
Luciola nicollieri
speciesLuciola nicollieri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 343331.