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

by Stefan Schröder

Hypochrysops herdonius Hewitson, 1874

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

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Very rare. Apparently restricted to the area around the Arafura Sea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Eilanden River, Upper Setekwa River. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Aru Islands.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Parson, M., 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology: 736 pp., Academic Press, London.
Sands, D.P.A., 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. and R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomonograph 7: 1-116.