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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Philiris elegans Tite, 1963

endemic species!

 


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. Endemic in the Arfak Mountains.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Arfak Mountains. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 


 

 


Literature

Tite, G.E., 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Supplement, 14: 199-259.