The Papua Insects Foundation

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

by Stefan Schröder

Hypochrysops aurantiaca Yagishita, 2004

endemic species!

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Very rare. Only one pair is known.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Sorong. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Yagishita, A., 2004. Description of a new species of the genus Hypochrysops from Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 47: 14-15.