''Catopyrops'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
.
The range extends from
India
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to the
Malay Archipelago
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and the
Solomon Islands
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.
Species
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Catopyrops ancyra
''Catopyrops ancyra'', or Felder's lineblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Cajetan Felder in 1860. It is found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Seitz, A. (1912-1927). ''Die Indo-Australien Tagf ...
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(Felder, 1860) – many subspecies
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Catopyrops florinda''
(Butler, 1877)
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Catopyrops holtra''
Parsons, 1986 New Britain
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Catopyrops keiria''
(Druce, 1891)
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Catopyrops kokopona''
(Ribbe, 1899)
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Catopyrops nebulosa''
(Druce, 1892) New Hebrides
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Catopyrops rita''
(Grose-Smith, 1895)
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Catopyrops zyx''
Parsons, 1986 Solomon Islands, New Guinea
References
External links
"''Catopyrops'' Toxopeus, 1929"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Images representing ''Catopyrops'' at Bold
Further reading
*French Wikipedia provides additional subspecies and distribution information at "Le genre
''Catopyrops''".
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus
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