Acytolepis najara

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Acytolepis najara
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Acytolepis
Species:
A. najara
Binomial name
Acytolepis najara
(Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Cyaniris najaraFruhstorfer, 1910: 287 (partim, ♂ nec '♀').
  • Lycaenopsis puspa kühni f. najaraFruhstorfer, 1917
  • Lycaenopsis puspa najaraFruhstorfer, 1922

Acytolepis najara is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. [1] It is endemic to Sulawesi.

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References

  1. "Acytolepis Toxopeus, 1927" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms