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The Blues and Coppers (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Papua Indonesia
by Stefan Schröder
This page is under constant construction. This means that at any time new species can be added. Please check this page now and then for more information.
The checklist is based on relevant literature and completed with collection data. Only relevant (New Guinea) synonym names are listed. Species of which it is not certain if they occur in Papua Indonesia are coloured grey.
Listed Papua species: 288
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Curetis Hübner, 1819
barsine (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. menestratus Fruhstorfer, 1908
limbatus Rothschild, 1917
Liphyra Westwood, 1864
brassolis (Westwood, 1864)
ssp. robusta Felder & Felder, 1865grandis Weymer, 1902
castnia Strand, 1911
partita Strand, 1912Logania Distant, 1884
hampsoni Fruhstorfer, 1914
meeki Rothschild, 1915
masana Fruhstorfer, 1916nehalemia Fruhstorfer, 1914
Miletus Hübner, [1819]
boisduvali Moore, 1857
ssp. boisduvali Moore, 1857
vincula H.H. Druce, 1895
heraeon Fruhstorfer, 1916
courvoisieri Fruhstorfer, 1915
oxylus Fruhstorfer, 1916
lombokianus Fruhstorfer, 1913
acragas Doherty, 1891
buruensis Holland, 1900
ceramensis Ribbe, 1889
dossemus Fruhstorfer, 1913
stygianus Butler, 1884
adeus Fruhstorfer, 1913)leos Guérin-Méneville, 1838
ssp. aronicus Fruhstorfer, 1914
acrisius Fruhstorfer, 1914
nineyanus Fruhstorfer, 1914Spalgis Moore, 1879
epius (Westwood, 1851)
ssp. pharnus Felder, 1860asmus Parsons, 1986
Pseudodipsas C. & R. Felder, 1860
eone C. & R. Felder, 1860
ssp. iovis Fruhstorfer, 1923Hypochrysops C. Felder, 1860
akirai Müller & Tennent, 2014
antiphon Grose-Smith, 1897
apelles (Fabricius, 1775)
ssp. praeclarus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)apollo Miskin, 1891
ssp. wendisi Bethune-Baker, 1909argyriorufus van Eecke, 1924
aristobul (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
arronica C. & R. Felder, 1859
aurantiaca Yagishita, 2004 [endemic]
bakeri (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
calliphon Grose-Smith, 1894
castaneus Sands, 1986
chrysargyrus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895
meeki Rothschild, 1911
aurigena Fruhstorfer, 1907
gemma Van Eecke, 1924cleon Grose-Smith, 1900
cleonides Grose-Smith, 1900
coruscans (Grose-Smith, 1897) [endemic]
ssp. coruscans (Grose-Smith, 1897)
ssp. subcoeruleum (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897)detanii Yagishita, Tennent & Müller 2013
dicomas Hewitson, 1874
ssp. dicomas Hewitson, 1874
ssp. rufinus Grose-Smith, 1898digglesii (Hewitson, 1874)
ssp. digglesii (Hewitson, 1874)
ssp. gerritsi Yagishita, 2003dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
dohertyi Oberthür, 1894
ssp. dohertyi Oberthür, 1894elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909)
felderi Oberthür, 1894 [endemic]
ferrugineus Sands, 1986
fuscus Schröder, 2013 [endemic]
geminatus Sands, 1986
herdonius Hewitson, 1874
boisduvali Oberthür, 1894
resplendens Bethune-Baker, 1908
modestus Röber, 1926hermogenes Grose-Smith, 1894
heros Grose-Smith, 1894
ssp. heros Grose-Smith, 1894
mioswara Bethune-Baker, 1913 [nec Bethune-Baker, 1913-page 566]
echo Sands, 1986
ssp. polemon (Fruhstorfer, 1915)hippuris Hewitson, 1874
ssp. hippuris Hewitson, 1874ignitus (Leach, 1814)
luteus Sands, 1986
meeki Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
mioswara Bethune-Baker, 1913 [nec Bethune-Baker, 1913-page 568] [endemic]
miskini (Waterhouse, 1903)
narcissus (Fabricius, 1775)
ssp. dryope Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895
ssp. eratosthenes (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
ssp. menandrus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)plotinus Grose-Smith, 1894
stotharti Rothschild, 1915polycletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
ssp. rex (Boisduval, 1832)
hylaithus Fruhstorfer, 1908
oineus Fruhstorfer, 1908
hypocletus Fruhstorfer, 1908
linos Fruhstorfer, 1908protogenes C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. protogenes C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. pretiosus Grose-Smith, 1894pythias C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. pythias C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. drucei Oberthür, 1894ribbei (Röber, 1886) [endemic]
ssp. ribbei (Röber, 1886)
ssp. pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1913)
caroli Fruhstorfer, 1915rufimargo (Rothschild, 1915)
scintillans (Butler, 1882)
theon C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. milesius Röber, 1926
ssp. theonides Grose-Smith, 1894
carmen Grose-Smith, 1899
ssp. theophanes Grose-Smith, 1894thesaurus Grose-Smith, 1894
Philiris Röber, 1891
agatha (Grose-Smith, 1899)
aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908
ianthina Tite, 1963 [?]albicostalis Tite, 1963
albihumerata Tite, 1963
albiplaga (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) [endemic]
amethysta Sands, 1981
angabunga (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
apicalis Tite, 1963
aquamarina Sands, 1981
argentea (Rothschild, 1916)
ariadne Wind & Clench, 1947
azula Wind & Clench, 1947
baiteta Müller, 2014
bicolor (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
biplaga Sands, 1981
cadmica Sands, 1981 [endemic]
caelsestis Sands, 1979
diana Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
doreia Tite, 1963
elegans Tite, 1963 [endemic]
fulgens (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897)
ssp. septentrionalis (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)gloriosa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
harterti (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. harterti (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. melanoma Tite, 1963helena (Snellen, 1887)
ssp. helena (Snellen, 1887)
ssp. aurelioides Rothschild, 1915
amblypodina Röber, 1926hemileuca (Jordan, 1930)
hypoxantha (Röber, 1926) [endemic]
ianthina Tite, 1963
ignobilis (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
innotata (Miskin, 1874)
intensa (Butler, 1876)
ssp. intensa (Butler, 1876)
ssp. birou Wind & Clench, 1947
ssp. regina (Butler, 1882)kapaura Tite, 1963 [endemic]
kumusiensis Tite, 1963
lavendula Tite, 1963 [endemic]
luscecens Tite, 1963
maculata Sands, 1981
marginata (Grose-Smith, 1894)
goliathensis Tite, 1963mayri Wind & Clench, 1947
melanacra Tite, 1963
misimensis Wind & Clench, 1947
moira (Grose-Smith, 1899)
ssp. moira (Grose-Smith, 1899)montigena Tite, 1963
nitens (Grose-Smith, 1898)
oreas Tite, 1963
pagwi Sands, 1981
phengotes Tite, 1963
philotoides Tite, 1963
praeclara Tite, 1963
putih Wind & Clench, 1947
refusa (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. refusa (Grose-Smith, 1894)
ssp. aequalis (Grose-Smith, 1897)remissa Tite, 1963
satis Tite, 1963
scintillata Sands, 1981
siassi Sands, 1979
sibatanii Sands, 1979
subovata (Grose-Smith, 1894)
tapini Sands, 1979
tombara Tite, 1963
unipunctata (Betune-Baker, 1908)
vicina (Grose-Smith, 1898)
violetta (Röber, 1926)
zadne (Grose-Smith, 1898)
ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898)
pratti Bethune-Baker, 1908
ssp. ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898)Titea Eliot, 1973
caerulea (Tite, 1963)
sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
ssp. sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
ssp. extensa (Tite, 1963)Arhopala Boisduval, 1832
adherbal Grose-Smith, 1902
appianus Grose-Smith, 1902admete (Hewitson, 1863)
ssp. cora Rawlins, Schröder & Cassidy, 2018aexone (Hewitson, 1863)
ssp. aexone (Hewitson, 1863)alkisthenes Fruhstorfer, 1914
ander Evans, 1957
antharita Grose-Smith, 1894
ssp. antharita Grose-Smith, 1894
ssp. hyacinthus Röber, 1931arta Evans, 1957
aruana Evans, 1957
auxesia (Hewitson, 1863)
ssp. salvia Evans, 1957axina Evans, 1957
axiothea (Hewitson, 1863)
strophe Grose-Smith, 1897
crobyle Kirsch, 1877azenia (Hewitson, 1863)
chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903
ssp. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903cleander (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. jobina Evans, 1957critala (C. Felder, 1860)
eucolpis Kirsch, 1877
waigeoensis Bethune-Baker, 1903eupolis Miskin, 1890
ssp. eupolis Miskin, 1890
philtron Fruhstorfer, 1914helianthes Grose-Smith, 1902
herculina Staudinger, 1888
leontodamus Toxopeus, 1930
phalaereus Fruhstorfer, 1914hylander Grose-Smith, 1894
irma Fruhstorfer, 1914
ssp. purpura Evans, 1957leander Evans, 1957
leo Druce, 1894
telephus Toxopeus, 1930
leonina Toxopeus, 1930
droa Evans, 1957
louisa Evans, 1957madytus Fruhstorfer, 1914
meander Boisduval, 1832
micale Boisduval, 1853
ssp. micale Boisduval, 1853
ssp. novaeguianae Strand, 1912 [Sic!]
tebaensis Strand, 1921
ssp. selymbria Fruhstorfer, 1914
ssp. bosnika Evans, 1957
ssp. jona Evans, 1957nobilis C. Felder, 1860
ssp. alcestis Grose-Smith, 1902
ssp. bosnikiana Joicey & Talbot, 1916phaenops C. & R. Felder, 1865
philander C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. pratti Evans, 1957sorena Schröder, 2015
thamyras (Linnaeus, 1758)
ssp. anthelius Staudinger, 1888
calaureia Fruhstorfer, 1911
ssp. phryxus Boisduval, 1832
interniplaga Strand 1912tyrannus C. & R. Felder, 1865
gilolensis C. & R. Felder, 1865
afranius Fruhstorfer, 1914wanda Evans, 1957
wildei Miskin, 1891
ssp. neva Evans, 1957Ogyris Westwood, 1851
meeki Rothschild, 1900
aurantiaca Rebel, 1912zosine Hewitson, 1853
Amblypodia Horsfield, 1829
annetta Staudinger, 1887
ssp. eberalda Fruhstorfer 1907Hypochlorosis Röber, 1892
ancharia (Hewitson, 1869)
ssp. ancharia (Hewitson, 1869)
humboldti Druce, 1894antipha (Hewitson, 1869)
Horaga Moore, 1881
syrinx (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. schoutensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916Hypolycaena C. & R. Felder, 1862
erylus (Godart, 1824)
ssp. figulus Fruhstorfer, 1912periphorbas Butler, 1882
phorbas (Fabricius, 1775)
ssp. silo Fruhstorfer, 1912
latostrigatus Van Eecke, 1915
pseudophorbas Fruhstorfer, [1914]
phorbanta Rothschild, 1916
walteri Fruhstorfer, [1916a]
ssp. dictaea C. & R. Felder, 1865sipylus (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. pictor Fruhstorfer, 1912danis C. & R. Felder, 1865
ssp. derpiha Hewitson, 1878alcestis (Grose-Smith, 1889)
Deudorix Hewitson, 1863
epijarbas (Moore, 1858)
ssp. concolor Joicey & Talbot, 1917littoralis Joicey & Talbot, 1916
diovis Hewitson, 1863
biaka Joicey & Talbot, 1916epirus (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. epirus (C. Felder, 1860)
despoena Hewitson, 1863maudei Joicey & Talbot, 1916
parsonsi Tennent, 2000
Rapala Moore, 1881
varuna (Horsfield, 1829)
ssp. guineensis (Staudinger, 1889)suffusa (Moore, 1878)
Artipe Boisduval, 1870
grandis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905)
ssp. mesites (Jordan, 1930)
ssp. jactantis (Jordan, 1930)dohertyi (Oberthür, 1894)
Bindahara Moore, 1881
meeki (Rothschild & Jordan, 1905)
arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1913phocides (Fabricius, 1793)
Anthene Doubleday, 1847
licates Hewitson, 1874
ssp. philetas (Fruhstorfer, 1916)lycaenoides (C. Felder, 1860)
ssp. sutrana (Fruhstorfer, 1916)paraffinis (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
ssp. emoloides Tite, 1966seltuttus (Röber, 1886)
ssp. seltuttus (Röber, 1886)Candalides Hübner, 1819
margarita (Semper, 1879)
tringa (Grose-Smith, 1894)
helenita (Semper, 1879)
afretta Parsons, 1986
cupreus (Röber, 1886)
ardosiacea (Tite, 1963)
limbata (Tite, 1963)
silicea (Grose-Smith, 1894)
meforensis (Tite, 1963)
riuensis (Tite, 1963)
lamia (Grose-Smith, 1897)
pruina Druce, 1904
neurapacuna Bethune-Baker, 1908
viriditincta (Tite, 1963)
coeruleus (Röber, 1886)
grandissima Bethune-Bker, 1906
erinus (Fabricius, 1775)
Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929
tombugensis (Röber, 1886)
Nacaduba Moore, 1881
subperusia (Snellen, 1896)
hermus (C. Felder, 1860)
nerine (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1899)
pactolus (C. Felder, 1860)
berenice (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
cajetani Tite, 1963
vulcana Tite, 1963
kurava (Moore, 1857)
cyanea (Cramer, 1775)
schneideri (Ribbe, 1899)
mallicollo Druce, 1892
mioswara Tite, 1963
lucana Tite, 1963
major Rothschild, 1915
ruficirca Tite, 1963
calauria (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
tristis Rothschild, 1916
Tartesa Hirowatari, 1992
astarte (Butler, 1882)
Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916
lineata (Murray, 1874)
palmyra (C. Felder, 1860)
albiplaga Tite, 1963
Danis Fabricius, 1807
danis (Cramer, 1775)
phroso (Grose-Smith, 1897)
glaucopis (Grose-Smith, 1894)
wallacei (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
melimnos (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893)
hengis (Grose-Smith, 1897)
metrophanes (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
drucei (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895)
concolor (Rothschild, 1916)
regalis Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895
Perpheres Hirowatari, 1992
perpheres (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893)
Psychonotis Toxopeus, 1930
hebes (Druce, 1904)
melanae (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
caelius (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
brownii (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893)
kruera (Druce, 1891)
Prosotas Druce, 1891
nora (C. Felder, 1860)
atra Tite, 1963
talasea Tite, 1963
papuana Tite, 1963
gracilis (Röber, 1886)
dubiosa (Semper, 1879)
Nothodanis Hirowatari, 1992
schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821)
Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1930
ancyra (C. Felder, 1860)
zyx Parsons, 1896
holtra Parsons, 1986
keira (Druce, 1891)
kokopona (Ribbe, 1899)
Ionolyce Toxopeus, 1929
helicon (C. Felder, 1860)
brunnescens Tite, 1963
selkon Parsons, 1986
Paraduba Bethune-Baker, 1906
metriodes (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
owgarra Bethune-Baker, 1906
mastrigti Cassidy, 2003
Theclinesthes Röber, 1891
miskini (Lucas, 1889)
Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992
scintillata (Lucas, 1889)
Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908
uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908
Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908
evena (Hewitson, 1876)
Caleta Fruhstorfer, 1922
mindarus (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
Pistoria Hemming, 1964
nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
Discolampa Toxopeus, 1929
albula (Grose-Smith, 1897)
Jamides Hübner, 1819
aetherialis (Butler, 1884)
aleuas (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
allectus (Grose-Smith, 1894)
amarauge Druce, 1891
aruensis (Pagenstecher, 1884)
bochus (Stoll, 1782)
celeno (Cramer, 1775)
cephion Druce, 1891
coritus (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
cytus (Boisduval, 1832)
nemophilus (Butler, 1876)
nitens (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
philatus Snellen, 1878
pseudosias (Rothschild, 1915)
reverdini (Fruhstorfer, 1915)
soemias Druce, 1891
Epimastidia Druce, 1891
ariens Druce, 1891
inops (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
yiwikana Schröder, 2010
Catochrysops Boisduval, 1832
strabo (Fabricius, 1793)
amasea Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
panormus (C. Felder, 1860)
nubila Tite, 1959
Lampides Hübner, 1819
boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Callictita Bethune-Baker, 1908
upola Parsons & Hirowatari, 1986
albiplaga Joicey & Talbot, 1916
lara Parsons, 1986
mala Parsons, 1986
jola Parsons, 1986
felgara Parsons, 1986
tifala Parsons, 1986
arfakiana Wind & Clench, 1947
cyara Bethune-Baker, 1908
Famegana Eliot, 1973
alsulus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Pithecops Horsfield, 1828
dionisius (Boisduval, 1832)
Neopithecops Distant, 1884
lucifer (Röber, 1886)
Leptotes Scudder, 1876
plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
Zizeeria Chapman, 1910
karsandra (Moore, 1865)
Zizina Chapman, 1910
labradus (Godart, 1824)
Zizula Chapman, 1910
hylax (Fabricius, 1775)
Everes Hübner, 1819
lacturnus (Godart, 1824)
Megisba Moore, 1881
strongyle (C. Felder, 1860)
Celastrina Tutt, 1906
acesina (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
lavendularis (Moore, 1877)
philippina (Semper, 1889)
Lycaenopsis Felder & Felder, 1865
haraldus (Fabricius, 1787)
Udara Toxopeus, 1928
dilecta (Moore, 1879)
rona (Grose-Smith, 1894)
cardia (C. Felder, 1860)
drucei (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
owgarra (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
meeki (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
manokwariensis (Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916)
laetitia Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
sibatanii Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
kodama Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
davenporti Parsons, 1986
antonia Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
cybele Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
pullus (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
Parelodina Bethune-Baker, 1904
aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
Monodontoides Toxopeus, 1927
argioloides (Rothschild, 1916)
Euchrysops Butler, 1900
cnejus (Fabricius, 1789)
Luthrodes Druce, 1895
cleotas (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
Freyeria Courvoisier, 1920
trochylus (Freyer, 1844)
last updated on 17th January 2019
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