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

by Stefan Schröder

 

 

Anthene licates Hewitson, 1874

ssp. philetas (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. Distributed in western New Guinea and the Moluccas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Fakfak, Merdei (Arfak), Nabire, Wariap. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Bacan (Moluccas).

DATA SOURCES: Stefan Schröder. Literature: see below.

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Tite, G.E., 1966. A revision of the genus Anthene from the Oriental region (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). – B.M.N.H., Entomology, Bulletin 18 (8): 253-275.