Biology:Catopyrops florinda

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Catopyrops florinda
Catopyrops florinda (Speckled Lineblue).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Catopyrops
Species:
C. florinda
Binomial name
Catopyrops florinda
(Butler, 1877)[1]

Catopyrops florinda, the speckled line blue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[2] It is found in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

  • C. f. florinda Loyalty Islands
  • C. f. estrella (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) Australia (Darwin, Northern Territory, Cooktown, Queensland and New South Wales)
  • C. f. parva Tite, 1963 Timor, Kissar, Wetar, Letti

Biology

The larva feeds on Celtis sinensis, Trema cannabina and Caesalpinia bonduc.

References

  1. . Butler, A,G. , 1877 On a Collection of Lepidoptera obtained by the Rev. S. J. Whitmee from Lifu (Loyalty Group), with Descriptions of new Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (118) : 348-359
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2942984 entry