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

by Stefan Schröder

Liphyra grandis Weymer, 1902

castnia Strand, 1911
partita Strand, 1912

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A very rare species, known from a few specimens only. It is endemic to northern New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Manokwari (type locality). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: PNG.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Kelompok Entomologi Papua (KEP), 2010. Buku Panduan Lapangan Kupu-kupu Untuk Wilayah Kepala Burung Termasuk Pulau-pulau Provinsi Papua Barat [Field guide to the butterflies of the Birdshead Peninsula]: 196 pp. Kelompok Entomologi Papua, Jayapura.