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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Arhopala 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

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Not a common species. Represented by many sunspecies of which at least five occur in Papua Indonesia.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. micale: Kaimana; ssp. novaeguianae: Sorong (?), Teba; ssp. selymbria: Waigeo Island; ssp. jona: Japen Island, Numfor Island, Mioswaar Island; ssp. bosnika: Biak Island. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Evans, W.H, 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London Entomology 5: 85- 141.