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

by Stefan Schröder

 

Philiris albicostalis Tite, 1963

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. Regarding the genitalic structure, albicostalis is closely related to satis, which however lacks the costal whitish scales on the hindwing upperside.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Merauke. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomonograph Vol. 7, E.J. Brill, Scandinavian Science Press.