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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Philiris subovata (Grose-Smith, 1894)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Arfak Mountains, Fakfak, Humboldt Bay, Manokwari, Ninay Valley, Weyland Mountains (Kobowre). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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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.