Species first discovered in Hong Kong
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This list contains species '''first discovered''' in [[Hong Kong]], with the '''endemic''' species [[asterisk|asterisked]].
==Plants==
*[[Bauhinia blakeana|Bauhinia]] (''Bauhinia blakeana'')
*[[Crapnell's Camellia]](''Camellia crapnelliana'')
*[[Grantham's Camellia]](''Camellia granthamiana'')
*[[Hong Kong Camellia]](''Camellia hongkongensis'')
*[[Hong Kong Dogwood]] (''Dendrobenthamia hongkongensis'')
*[[Hong Kong Iris]] (''Iris speculatrix'')
*[[Hong Kong Balsam]] (''Impatiens hongkongensis'')
*[[Pavetta]] (''Pavetta hongkongensis'')
*[[Hong Kong Croton]] (''Croton hancei'')*
*Hong Kong Wild Kumquat (''Fortunella hindsii''), see [[Kumquat]]
*[[Hong Kong Bamboo]] (''Arundinaria shiuyingiana'')*
*[[Lantau Star-anise]] (''Illicium angustisepalum'')*
*[[Hong Kong Asarum]] (''Asarum hongkongense'')*
*[[Shiuying Bamboo]] (''Arundinaria shiuyingiana'')*
*[[Subglabrous Cane]] (''Sasa subglabra'')*
*[[Two-coloured Bulbophyllum]] (''Bulbophyllum bicolor'')*
*[[Monteiro's Caterpillar Orchid]] (''Cheirostylis monteiroi'')*
*[[Entire Lip Ginger]] (''Zingiber integrilabrum'')* (probably extinct)
==Animals==
===[[Mammals]]===
*[[Chinese White Dolphin]] (''Sousa chinensis chinensis'')
===[[Amphibians]]===
*[[Romer's Tree Frog]] (''Philautus romeri'')*
*[[Hong Kong Newt]] (''Paramesotriton hongkongensis'')
*[[Hong Kong Cascade Frog]] (''Amolops hongkongensis'')
*[[Short-legged Horned Toad]] (''Xenophrys brachykolos '')*
===[[Reptile]]===
*[[Hongkong blind skink]] (''Dibamus bogadeki'')
*[[Lazell's Blind Snake]] (''Typhlops lazelli'')
*[[Anderson's Stream Snake]] (''Ophisthotropis andersonii'')
===[[Fish]]===
*''Aphyocpris lini''
*[[Hong Kong Paradisefish]] (''Macropodus hongkongensis'')
===[[Crustacea]]===
*''Chiromanthes maipoensis''
*''Nanhaipotamon hongkongense''
*A wide [[Atyidae]] (''Caridina trifasciata'')
*''Macrobrachium hongkongense''
===[[Mollusca]]===
*''Phyllodesmium opalescene''
*''Chloritis hungerfordiana rufopila''
*''Cryptosoma imperator''
*''Kaliella hongkongensis''
*''Macrochlamys discus''
*''Macrochlamys nitidissma''
*''Marcrocycloides crenulate''
*''Microcystina schmackerina''
*''Microcystina stenomphala''
*''Sinoenna splendens hongkongensis''
*''Tornatellira boeningi''
===Insects===
====Lepidoptera====
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
*[[Sesiidae]]
**Sesiinae
***''Gaea variegata'' (Walker, 1864)*
***''Toleria sinensis'' (Walker, 1854)*
|-
*[[Epipyropidae]]
***''Fulgoraecia bowringii'' Newman, 1851
|-
*[[Tortricidae]]
**Tortricinae, Cochylini
***''Phalonidia pista'' Diakonoff, 1984*
|-
*[[Crambidae]]
**[[Spilomelinae]]
***''Palpita minuscula'' Inoue, 1996*
***''Palpita parvifraterna'' Inoue, 1999*
|-
*[[Geometridae]]
**[[Ennominae]]
***''Microcalicha reelsi'' Sato & Galsworthy, 1998
***''Pseudothalera carolinae'' Galsworthy, 1997
***''Psilalcis galsworthyi'' Sato, 1996*
**Geometrinae
***''Pingasa chloroides'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Maxates brevicaudata'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Thalassodes maipoensis'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Berta rugosivalva'' Galsworthy, 1997
**Larentiinae
***''Sauris purpurotincta'' Galsworthy, 1999
***''Sauris victoriae'' Galsworthy, 1999*
***''Axinoptera anticostalis'' Galsworthy, 1999
***''Eupithecia sekkongensis'' Galsworthy, 1999*
***''Sigilliclystis kendricki'' Galsworthy, 1999*
***''Spiralisigna gloriae'' Galsworthy, 1999*
|}
</td><td valign="top">
{| class="wikitable"
|-
*[[Notodontidae]]
**Notodontinae
***''Neodrymonia taipoensis'' Galsworthy, 1997
|-
*Erebidae (= [[Noctuidae]] s.l.)
**[[Catocalinae]]
***''Belciana scorpio'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Oglasa stygiana'' Galsworthy, 1997
***''Pangrapta bicornuta'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Pangrapta roseinotata'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Ugia purpurea'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Ugia insuspecta'' Galsworthy, 1997
**Strepsimaninae
***''Luceria striata'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Schrankia bilineata'' Galsworthy, 1997*
**[[Hypeninae]]
***''Lysimelia lucida'' Galsworthy, 1997*
|-
*Noctuidae
**Hadeninae
***''Athetis hongkongensis'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Athetis bispurca'' Galsworthy, 1997*
***''Egira ambigua'' Galsworthy, 1997*
**Acontiinae
***''Cerynea discontenta'' Galsworthy, 1998*
***''Hyposada kadooriensis'' Galsworthy, 1998*
**Bagisarinae
***''Chasmina sinuata'' Galsworthy, 1997*
|}
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==References==
For the plants:
*Hu Qi-ming ed., 2003. ''Rare and Precious Plants of Hong Kong''. Hong Kong: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department; Friends of the Country Parks; Cosmos Books. October 2003 revised edition. ISBN 9882016162.
For the animals:
*Diakonoff, A., 1984. Synopsis and descriptions of new species of the South Asiatic Cochylinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with an appendix. ''Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden'' '''58''': 261-293.
*Galsworthy, A.C., 1997. New and revised species of macrolepidoptera from Hong Kong. ''Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society''. '''21''': 127-150, 25 figures, 1 plate.
*_____, 1998a. Two new species of acontiines from Hong Kong (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae). ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''49''': 30-32.
*_____, 1998b. A new species of ''Pingasa'' (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae) from Hong Kong. ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''49''': 104-106.
*_____, 1999a. Two new species of ''Sauris'' (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong. ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''50''': 35-37.
*_____, 1999b. New and revised eupitheciine species (Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Hong Kong and South East Asia. ''Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan'' '''50''': 223-234
*Inoue, H., 1996. Revision of the genus ''Palpita'' Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 1: Group A (''annulifer'' Group). ''Tinea'' '''15''': 12-46.
*_____, 1999. Revision of the genus ''Palpita'' Hübner (Crambidae, Pyraustinae) from the Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian Regions. Part 3: Additions and Corrections. ''Tinea'' '''16''': 52-60.
*Sato, R., 1996. Six new species of the genus ''Psilalcis'' Warren (Geometridae, Ennominae) from Indo-Malayan region, with some taxonomic notes on the allied species. ''Tinea'' '''15''': 55-68.
*Sato, R. & Galsworthy, A.C., 1998. Description of a new species of the genus ''Microcalicha'' Sato (Geometridae) from Hong Kong. ''Tinea'' '''15''': 240-242.
==See also==
*[[Ecology of Hong Kong]]
==External links==
*[http://www.hkherbarium.net/herbarium/search_intro.html Hong Kong Plant Database]
*[http://hkls.org/butterflies.html Hong Kong Butterflies listing]
*[http://hkls.org/moths.html Hong Kong Moths listing]
*[http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/ The Global Lepidoptera Names Index]
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