Catopyrops

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Catopyrops
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Catopyrops
Toxopeus, 1929

Catopyrops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. [1] [2] [3] The range extends from India to the Malay Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.

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References

  1. Corbet, A. Steven (2009). "A Revision of the Malayan Species of the Nacaduba Group of Genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 87 (5): 125–146. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1938.tb00731.x. ISSN   0035-8894.
  2. New, T. R.; Bush, M. B.; Thornton, I. W. B.; Sudarman, H. K. (1988). "The Butterfly Fauna of the Krakatau Islands After a Century of Colonization". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 322 (1211): 445–457. Bibcode:1988RSPTB.322..445N. doi:10.1098/rstb.1988.0137. ISSN   0962-8436.
  3. CASSIDY, Alan C. (1990). "On Nacaduba and Allied Genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Sulawesi Region" (PDF). Tyô to Ga. 41 (4): 227–241. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-14. Retrieved 2012-09-13.

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