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

by Stefan Schröder

Hypochrysops detanii Yagishita, Tennent & Müller 2013

endemic species!

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Only known by the holotype, just recently described.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Japen Island. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Yagishita, A., Tennent, W.J. & Müller, C., 2013. A magnificent new Hypochrysops Felder & Felder, 1860, from Yapen Island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Butterflies 64: 50-53.