The Papua Insects Foundation

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

by Stefan Schröder

Arhopala tyrannus C. & R. Felder, 1865

gilolensis C. & R. Felder, 1865
afranius Fruhstorfer, 1914

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Recorded in literature to occur in the Bomberai Peninsula but no actual records are known. Probably restricted to the Moluccas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Bomberai Peninsula. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Bacan, Halmahera.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below)

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Evans, W.H, 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London Entomology 5: 85- 141.
Parsons, M., 1999. The butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology: 736 pp., Academic Press, London.