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

by Stefan Schröder

Spalgis epius (Westwood, 1851)

ssp. pharnus Felder, 1860

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Not a common species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak Island; Numfor Island; New Guinea: Fakfak, Manokwari, Nabire. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Throughout most of the the Oriental Region, from Sri Lanka across the Malay Peninsula to the Philippines and the Moluccas, reaching the western part of West Papua.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH.