Catopyrops keiria

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Catopyrops keiria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Catopyrops
Species:
C. keiria
Binomial name
Catopyrops keiria
(H. H. Druce, 1891) [1]

Catopyrops keiria is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. [2] It is endemic to the Solomon Islands in the Australasian realm.

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References

  1. Druce, Hamilton H. (1891). "On the Lycaenidae of the Solomon Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1891 (3): 357-373, pl. 31-32.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.