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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Arhopala thamyras (Linnaeus, 1758)

ssp. anthelius Staudinger, 1888
calaureia Fruhstorfer, 1911
ssp. phryxus Boisduval, 1832
interniplaga Strand 1912

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A widely distributed species of which two subspecies represent Papua. Subspecies phryxus is common but ssp. anthelius is rare.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. anthelius: Misool Island; ssp. phryxus: Waigeo Island; Batanta Island; Numfor Island; Supiori Island; Biak Island; Japen Island; New Guinea: Goras, Jayapura, Mamberamo Raja, Manokwari, Mappi, Mimika, Sarmi, Sorong, Timika, Wandammen Peninsula. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

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