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The Blues and Coppers (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Stefan Schröder


This page is under constant construction. This means that at any time new species can be added. Please check this page now and then for more information.

The checklist is based on relevant literature and completed with collection data. Only relevant (New Guinea) synonym names are listed. Species of which it is not certain if they occur in Papua Indonesia are coloured grey.

Listed Papua species: 288

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Curetinae

Curetis Hübner, 1819

barsine (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. menestratus Fruhstorfer, 1908
limbatus Rothschild, 1917

 

Lycaeninae

Liphyra Westwood, 1864

brassolis (Westwood, 1864)
ssp. robusta Felder & Felder, 1865

grandis Weymer, 1902
castnia Strand, 1911
partita Strand, 1912

Logania Distant, 1884

hampsoni Fruhstorfer, 1914
meeki Rothschild, 1915
masana Fruhstorfer, 1916

nehalemia Fruhstorfer, 1914

Miletus Hübner, [1819]

boisduvali Moore, 1857
ssp. boisduvali Moore, 1857
vincula H.H. Druce, 1895
heraeon Fruhstorfer, 1916
courvoisieri Fruhstorfer, 1915
oxylus Fruhstorfer, 1916
lombokianus Fruhstorfer, 1913
acragas Doherty, 1891
buruensis Holland, 1900
ceramensis Ribbe, 1889
dossemus Fruhstorfer, 1913
stygianus Butler, 1884
adeus Fruhstorfer, 1913)

leos Guérin-Méneville, 1838
ssp. aronicus Fruhstorfer, 1914
acrisius Fruhstorfer, 1914
nineyanus Fruhstorfer, 1914

Spalgis Moore, 1879

epius (Westwood, 1851)
ssp. pharnus Felder, 1860

asmus Parsons, 1986

Pseudodipsas C. & R. Felder, 1860

eone C. & R. Felder, 1860
ssp. iovis Fruhstorfer, 1923

Hypochrysops C. Felder, 1860

akirai Müller & Tennent, 2014

antiphon Grose-Smith, 1897

apelles (Fabricius, 1775)
ssp. praeclarus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

apollo Miskin, 1891
ssp. wendisi Bethune-Baker, 1909

argyriorufus van Eecke, 1924

aristobul (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

arronica C. & R. Felder, 1859

aurantiaca Yagishita, 2004 [endemic]

bakeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

calliphon Grose-Smith, 1894

castaneus Sands, 1986

chrysargyrus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895
meeki Rothschild, 1911
aurigena Fruhstorfer, 1907
gemma Van Eecke, 1924

cleon Grose-Smith, 1900

cleonides Grose-Smith, 1900

coruscans (Grose-Smith, 1897) [endemic]
ssp. coruscans (Grose-Smith, 1897)
ssp. subcoeruleum (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897)

detanii Yagishita, Tennent & Müller 2013

dicomas Hewitson, 1874
ssp. dicomas Hewitson, 1874
ssp. rufinus Grose-Smith, 1898

digglesii (Hewitson, 1874)
ssp. digglesii (Hewitson, 1874)
ssp. gerritsi Yagishita, 2003

dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

dohertyi Oberthür, 1894
ssp. dohertyi Oberthür, 1894

elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909)

felderi Oberthür, 1894 [endemic]

ferrugineus Sands, 1986

fuscus Schröder, 2013 [endemic]

geminatus Sands, 1986

herdonius Hewitson, 1874
boisduvali Oberthür, 1894
resplendens Bethune-Baker, 1908
modestus Röber, 1926

hermogenes Grose-Smith, 1894

heros Grose-Smith, 1894
ssp. heros Grose-Smith, 1894
mioswara Bethune-Baker, 1913 [nec Bethune-Baker, 1913-page 566]
echo Sands, 1986
ssp. polemon (Fruhstorfer, 1915)

hippuris Hewitson, 1874
ssp. hippuris Hewitson, 1874

ignitus (Leach, 1814)

luteus Sands, 1986

meeki Rothschild & Jordan, 1905

mioswara Bethune-Baker, 1913 [nec Bethune-Baker, 1913-page 568] [endemic]

miskini (Waterhouse, 1903)

narcissus (Fabricius, 1775)
ssp. dryope Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895
ssp. eratosthenes (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
ssp. menandrus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

plotinus Grose-Smith, 1894
stotharti Rothschild, 1915

polycletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
ssp. rex (Boisduval, 1832)
hylaithus Fruhstorfer, 1908
oineus Fruhstorfer, 1908
hypocletus Fruhstorfer, 1908
linos Fruhstorfer, 1908

protogenes C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. protogenes C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. pretiosus Grose-Smith, 1894

pythias C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. pythias C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. drucei Oberthür, 1894

ribbei (Röber, 1886) [endemic]
ssp. ribbei (Röber, 1886)
ssp. pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
caroli Fruhstorfer, 1915

rufimargo (Rothschild, 1915)

scintillans (Butler, 1882)

theon C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. milesius Röber, 1926
ssp. theonides Grose-Smith, 1894
carmen Grose-Smith, 1899
ssp. theophanes Grose-Smith, 1894

thesaurus Grose-Smith, 1894

Philiris Röber, 1891

agatha (Grose-Smith, 1899)
aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908
ianthina Tite, 1963 [?]

albicostalis Tite, 1963

albihumerata Tite, 1963

albiplaga (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) [endemic]

amethysta Sands, 1981

angabunga (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

apicalis Tite, 1963

aquamarina Sands, 1981

argentea (Rothschild, 1916)

ariadne Wind & Clench, 1947

azula Wind & Clench, 1947

baiteta Müller, 2014

bicolor (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

biplaga Sands, 1981

cadmica Sands, 1981 [endemic]

caelsestis Sands, 1979

diana Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

doreia Tite, 1963

elegans Tite, 1963 [endemic]

fulgens (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897)
ssp. septentrionalis (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

gloriosa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

harterti (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. harterti (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. melanoma Tite, 1963

helena (Snellen, 1887)
ssp. helena (Snellen, 1887)
ssp. aurelioides Rothschild, 1915
amblypodina Röber, 1926

hemileuca (Jordan, 1930)

hypoxantha (Röber, 1926) [endemic]

ianthina Tite, 1963

ignobilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

innotata (Miskin, 1874)

intensa (Butler, 1876)
ssp. intensa (Butler, 1876)
ssp. birou Wind & Clench, 1947
ssp. regina (Butler, 1882)

kapaura Tite, 1963 [endemic]

kumusiensis Tite, 1963

lavendula Tite, 1963 [endemic]

luscecens Tite, 1963

maculata Sands, 1981

marginata (Grose-Smith, 1894)
goliathensis Tite, 1963

mayri Wind & Clench, 1947

melanacra Tite, 1963

misimensis Wind & Clench, 1947

moira (Grose-Smith, 1899)
ssp. moira (Grose-Smith, 1899)

montigena Tite, 1963

nitens (Grose-Smith, 1898)

oreas Tite, 1963

pagwi Sands, 1981

phengotes Tite, 1963

philotoides Tite, 1963

praeclara Tite, 1963

putih Wind & Clench, 1947

refusa (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. refusa (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. aequalis (Grose-Smith, 1897)

remissa Tite, 1963

satis Tite, 1963

scintillata Sands, 1981

siassi Sands, 1979

sibatanii Sands, 1979

subovata (Grose-Smith, 1894)

tapini Sands, 1979

tombara Tite, 1963

unipunctata (Betune-Baker, 1908)

vicina (Grose-Smith, 1898)

violetta (Röber, 1926)

zadne (Grose-Smith, 1898)

ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898)
pratti Bethune-Baker, 1908
ssp. ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898)

Titea Eliot, 1973

caerulea (Tite, 1963)

sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
ssp. sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
ssp. extensa (Tite, 1963)

Arhopala Boisduval, 1832

adherbal Grose-Smith, 1902
appianus Grose-Smith, 1902

admete (Hewitson, 1863)
ssp. cora Rawlins, Schröder & Cassidy, 2018

aexone (Hewitson, 1863)
ssp. aexone (Hewitson, 1863)

alkisthenes Fruhstorfer, 1914

ander Evans, 1957

antharita Grose-Smith, 1894
ssp. antharita Grose-Smith, 1894
ssp. hyacinthus Röber, 1931

arta Evans, 1957

aruana Evans, 1957

auxesia (Hewitson, 1863)
ssp. salvia Evans, 1957

axina Evans, 1957

axiothea (Hewitson, 1863)
strophe Grose-Smith, 1897
crobyle Kirsch, 1877

azenia (Hewitson, 1863)

chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903
ssp. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903

cleander (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. jobina Evans, 1957

critala (C. Felder, 1860)

eucolpis Kirsch, 1877
waigeoensis Bethune-Baker, 1903

eupolis Miskin, 1890
ssp. eupolis Miskin, 1890
philtron Fruhstorfer, 1914

helianthes Grose-Smith, 1902

herculina Staudinger, 1888
leontodamus Toxopeus, 1930
phalaereus Fruhstorfer, 1914

hylander Grose-Smith, 1894

irma Fruhstorfer, 1914
ssp. purpura Evans, 1957

leander Evans, 1957

leo Druce, 1894
telephus Toxopeus, 1930
leonina Toxopeus, 1930
droa Evans, 1957
louisa Evans, 1957

madytus Fruhstorfer, 1914

meander Boisduval, 1832

micale Boisduval, 1853
ssp. micale Boisduval, 1853
ssp. novaeguianae Strand, 1912 [Sic!]
tebaensis Strand, 1921
ssp. selymbria Fruhstorfer, 1914
ssp. bosnika Evans, 1957
ssp. jona Evans, 1957

nobilis C. Felder, 1860
ssp. alcestis Grose-Smith, 1902
ssp. bosnikiana Joicey & Talbot, 1916

phaenops C. & R. Felder, 1865

philander C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. pratti Evans, 1957

sorena Schröder, 2015

thamyras (Linnaeus, 1758)
ssp. anthelius Staudinger, 1888
calaureia Fruhstorfer, 1911
ssp. phryxus Boisduval, 1832
interniplaga Strand 1912

tyrannus C. & R. Felder, 1865
gilolensis C. & R. Felder, 1865
afranius Fruhstorfer, 1914

wanda Evans, 1957

wildei Miskin, 1891
ssp. neva Evans, 1957

Ogyris Westwood, 1851

meeki Rothschild, 1900
aurantiaca Rebel, 1912

zosine Hewitson, 1853

Amblypodia Horsfield, 1829

annetta Staudinger, 1887
ssp. eberalda Fruhstorfer 1907

Hypochlorosis Röber, 1892

ancharia (Hewitson, 1869)
ssp. ancharia (Hewitson, 1869)
humboldti Druce, 1894

antipha (Hewitson, 1869)

Horaga Moore, 1881

syrinx (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. schoutensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916

Hypolycaena C. & R. Felder, 1862

erylus (Godart, 1824)
ssp. figulus Fruhstorfer, 1912

periphorbas Butler, 1882

phorbas (Fabricius, 1775)
ssp. silo Fruhstorfer, 1912
latostrigatus Van Eecke, 1915
pseudophorbas Fruhstorfer, [1914]
phorbanta Rothschild, 1916
walteri Fruhstorfer, [1916a]
ssp. dictaea C. & R. Felder, 1865

sipylus (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. pictor Fruhstorfer, 1912

danis C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. derpiha Hewitson, 1878

alcestis (Grose-Smith, 1889)

Deudorix Hewitson, 1863

epijarbas (Moore, 1858)
ssp. concolor Joicey & Talbot, 1917

littoralis Joicey & Talbot, 1916

diovis Hewitson, 1863
biaka Joicey & Talbot, 1916

epirus (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. epirus (C. Felder, 1860)
despoena Hewitson, 1863

maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1916

parsonsi Tennent, 2000

Rapala Moore, 1881

varuna (Horsfield, 1829)
ssp. guineensis (Staudinger, 1889)

suffusa (Moore, 1878)

Artipe Boisduval, 1870

grandis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905)
ssp. mesites (Jordan, 1930)
ssp. jactantis (Jordan, 1930)

dohertyi (Oberthür, 1894)

Bindahara Moore, 1881

meeki (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905)
arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1913

phocides (Fabricius, 1793)

Anthene Doubleday, 1847

licates Hewitson, 1874
ssp. philetas (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

lycaenoides (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. sutrana (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
ssp. emoloides Tite, 1966

seltuttus (Röber, 1886)
ssp. seltuttus (Röber, 1886)

Candalides Hübner, 1819

margarita (Semper, 1879)

tringa (Grose-Smith, 1894)

helenita (Semper, 1879)

afretta Parsons, 1986

cupreus (Röber, 1886)

ardosiacea (Tite, 1963)

limbata (Tite, 1963)

silicea (Grose-Smith, 1894)

meforensis (Tite, 1963)

riuensis (Tite, 1963)

lamia (Grose-Smith, 1897)

pruina Druce, 1904

neurapacuna Bethune-Baker, 1908

viriditincta (Tite, 1963)

coeruleus (Röber, 1886)

grandissima Bethune-Bker, 1906

erinus (Fabricius, 1775)

Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929

tombugensis (Röber, 1886)

Nacaduba Moore, 1881

subperusia (Snellen, 1896)

hermus (C. Felder, 1860)

nerine (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1899)

pactolus (C. Felder, 1860)

berenice (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

cajetani Tite, 1963

vulcana Tite, 1963

kurava (Moore, 1857)

cyanea (Cramer, 1775)

schneideri (Ribbe, 1899)

mallicollo Druce, 1892

mioswara Tite, 1963

lucana Tite, 1963

major Rothschild, 1915

ruficirca Tite, 1963

calauria (C. & R. Felder, 1860)

tristis Rothschild, 1916

Tartesa Hirowatari, 1992

astarte (Butler, 1882)

Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916

lineata (Murray, 1874)

palmyra (C. Felder, 1860)

albiplaga Tite, 1963

Danis Fabricius, 1807

danis (Cramer, 1775)

phroso (Grose-Smith, 1897)

glaucopis (Grose-Smith, 1894)

wallacei (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

melimnos (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893)

hengis (Grose-Smith, 1897)

metrophanes (Fruhstorfer, 1915)

drucei (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895)

concolor (Rothschild, 1916)

regalis Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895

Perpheres Hirowatari, 1992

perpheres (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893)

Psychonotis Toxopeus, 1930

hebes (Druce, 1904)

melanae (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

caelius (C. & R. Felder, 1860)

brownii (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893)

kruera (Druce, 1891)

Prosotas Druce, 1891

nora (C. Felder, 1860)

atra Tite, 1963

talasea Tite, 1963

papuana Tite, 1963

gracilis (Röber, 1886)

dubiosa (Semper, 1879)

Nothodanis Hirowatari, 1992

schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821)

Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1930

ancyra (C. Felder, 1860)

zyx Parsons, 1896

holtra Parsons, 1986

keira (Druce, 1891)

kokopona (Ribbe, 1899)

Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929

helicon (C. Felder, 1860)

brunnescens Tite, 1963

selkon Parsons, 1986

Paraduba Bethune-Baker, 1906

metriodes (Bethune-Baker, 1911)

owgarra Bethune-Baker, 1906

mastrigti Cassidy, 2003

Theclinesthes Röber, 1891

miskini (Lucas, 1889)

Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992

scintillata (Lucas, 1889)

Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908

uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908

Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908

evena (Hewitson, 1876)

Caleta Fruhstorfer, 1922

mindarus (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

Pistoria Hemming, 1964

nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

Discolampa Toxopeus, 1929

albula (Grose-Smith, 1897)

Jamides Hübner, 1819

aetherialis (Butler, 1884)

aleuas (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

allectus (Grose-Smith, 1894)

amarauge Druce, 1891

aruensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)

bochus (Stoll, 1782)

celeno (Cramer, 1775)

cephion Druce, 1891

coritus (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)

cytus (Boisduval, 1832)

nemophilus (Butler, 1876)

nitens (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

philatus Snellen, 1878

pseudosias (Rothschild, 1915)

reverdini (Fruhstorfer, 1915)

soemias Druce, 1891

Epimastidia Druce, 1891

ariens Druce, 1891

inops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)

yiwikana Schröder, 2010

Catochrysops Boisduval, 1832

strabo (Fabricius, 1793)

amasea Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

panormus (C. Felder, 1860)

nubila Tite, 1959

Lampides Hübner, 1819

boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Callictita Bethune-Baker, 1908

upola Parsons & Hirowatari, 1986

albiplaga Joicey & Talbot, 1916

lara Parsons, 1986

mala Parsons, 1986

jola Parsons, 1986

felgara Parsons, 1986

tifala Parsons, 1986

arfakiana Wind & Clench, 1947

cyara Bethune-Baker, 1908

Famegana Eliot, 1973

alsulus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Pithecops Horsfield, 1828

dionisius (Boisduval, 1832)

Neopithecops Distant, 1884

lucifer (Röber, 1886)

Leptotes Scudder, 1876

plinius (Fabricius, 1793)

Zizeeria Chapman, 1910

karsandra (Moore, 1865)

Zizina Chapman, 1910

labradus (Godart, 1824)

Zizula Chapman, 1910

hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Everes Hübner, 1819

lacturnus (Godart, 1824)

Megisba Moore, 1881

strongyle (C. Felder, 1860)

Celastrina Tutt, 1906

acesina (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

lavendularis (Moore, 1877)

philippina (Semper, 1889)

Lycaenopsis Felder & Felder, 1865

haraldus (Fabricius, 1787)

Udara Toxopeus, 1928

dilecta (Moore, 1879)

rona (Grose-Smith, 1894)

cardia (C. Felder, 1860)

drucei (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

owgarra (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

meeki (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

manokwariensis (Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916)

laetitia Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983

sibatanii Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983

kodama Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983

davenporti Parsons, 1986

antonia Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983

cybele Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983

pullus (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)

Parelodina Bethune-Baker, 1904

aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904

Monodontoides Toxopeus, 1927

argioloides (Rothschild, 1916)

Euchrysops Butler, 1900

cnejus (Fabricius, 1789)

Luthrodes Druce, 1895

cleotas (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)

Freyeria Courvoisier, 1920

trochylus (Freyer, 1844)

 


last updated on 17th January 2019

 

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