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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Philiris moira (Grose-Smith, 1890)

ssp. moira (Grose-Smith, 1899)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species. It has been suggested by Parsons (1998) that moira may be a subspecies of the Australian P. innotata (Miskin, 1874).

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Fakfak, Humboldt Bay, Manokwari, Snow Mountains, Weyland Mts. (Kobowre). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

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.