Pithecops

Pithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.

Pithecops
Pithecops corvus correctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Pithecops
Horsfield, 1828
Synonyms
  • Eupsychellus Röber, 1891

Species include:[1]

  • Pithecops hylax Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker
  • Pithecops fulgens Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker
  • Pithecops mariae de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo.
  • Pithecops dionisius (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands
  • Pithecops phoenix (Röber, 1886) Celebes
  • Pithecops corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919

References

  1. Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.


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