Catopyrops rita

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Catopyrops rita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Catopyrops
Species:
C. rita
Binomial name
Catopyrops rita
(Grose-Smith, 1895) [1]

Catopyrops rita is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1895. [2] It is found in the Australasian realm and in the Indomalayan realm, crossing the Wallace line.

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References

  1. Grose-Smith , H. 1895. Descriptions of New Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. Doherty in the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago. Novitates Zoologicae 2: (1) pp.75-81, (2) pp.505-514
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.