Neopithecops

Neopithecops zalmora ♀

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

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Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Neopithecops
Species: N. iolanthe – N. lucifer – N. sumbanus – N. umbretta – N. zalmora

Name

Neopithecops Distant, 1884
Type species: Pithecops dharma Moore, 1881

Synonyms

Parapithecops Moore, 1884. Type species: Parapithecops gaura Moore, 1884.
Papua Röber, 1892: 273. Type species: Plebeius lucifer Röber, 1886.

References

• Eliot, J. N. and Kawazoe, A., 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group: 1-309, 6 pls. London
• Hirowatari, T., 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bull. Univ. Osaka Pref., Ser B, Vol. 44, Suppl.

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