<p>A liquid crystal composition comprises as a first liquid crystal component a compound represented by the following general formula (I): <CHEM> and as a second liquid crystal component a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following general formulae (II) and (III): <CHEM> and has a nematic phase upper temperature limit of 75 DEG C or higher and DELTA n of from 0.07 to 0.18.</p>
