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The Blues (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae) of Papua Indonesia

by Stefan Schröder

 

 

Anthene lycaenoides (C. Felder, 1860)

ssp. sutrana (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed but not common.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island; Supiori Island: Korido; Biak Island: Biak; Japen Island: Waropen; Ratewi Island; Hariti Island: Samabusa; Armo Island; Wakde Island; New Guinea: Asmat, Base G (Jayapura), Bintuni, Dabra, Hotice Camp (Foya Mts), Puncak Jaya, Keerom, Kwerba, Mappi, Marina Valen, Merauke, Nabire, Sarmi, Sorong, Taja Rifi, Ubrub, Uwapa, Walmak, Wembi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Kai Islands, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP. Literature: see below.

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Tite, G.E., 1966. A revision of the genus Anthene from the Oriental region (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). – B.M.N.H., Entomology, Bulletin 18 (8): 253-275.