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Lamprigera taimoshana
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Lamprigera taimoshana

Lamprigera taimoshana, the Tai Mo Shan elephant firefly, endemic to Hong Kong, is part of the poorly resolved Lamprigera genus of fireflies or glow-worms.

Living in montane forest and grassland above 600m, it has only been recorded on some of the highest peaks of Hong Kong such as Tai Mo Shan and Sunset Peak.

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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 962738.