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| Araotes lapithis decolor Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Araotes |
| Species: | A. lapithis |
| Binomial name | |
| Araotes lapithis (Moore, 1857) | |
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