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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Hypochrysops thesaurus Grose-Smith, 1894

ssp. milesius Röber, 1926
ssp. theonides Grose-Smith, 1894
carmen Grose-Smith, 1899
ssp. theophanes Grose-Smith, 1894

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species, endemic to New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Japen Island; New Guinea: Bernhard Camp (Archbold Exp.), Humboldt Bay, East Nomo Mountains, Jayapura. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: ZMAN. 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.