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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Arhopala azenia (Hewitson, 1863)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed but not very common.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Misool Island; Waigeo Island; Japen Island; New Guinea: Jayapura, Mamberamo Raya, Mimika, Sarmi, Sorong, Timeepa, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Aru Islands, Obi, Seram, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Parsons, M., 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology: 736 pp., Academic Press, London.