Neopithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family

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Species

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Neopithecops iolanthe Neopithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species * '' Neopithecops iolanthe'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Torres Strait Islands, Cape York, Trobriand Islands, Batjan * ''Neopithecops sumbanus'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Indo ...

'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

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, Cape York,

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Batjan The Bacan Islands, formerly also known as the Bachans, Bachians, and Batchians, are a group of islands in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are mountainous and forested, lying south of Ternate and southwest of Halmahera. The islands are administe ...

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Neopithecops sumbanus Neopithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species * '' Neopithecops iolanthe'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Torres Strait Islands, Cape York, Trobriand Islands, Batjan * '' Neopithecops sumbanus'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Ind ...

'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Indonesia

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, Tanahjampea, Dammer Island * ''

Neopithecops umbretta Neopithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Species * '' Neopithecops iolanthe'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Torres Strait Islands, Cape York, Trobriand Islands, Batjan * ''Neopithecops sumbanus'' Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Indo ...

'' Grose-Smith, 1895 Indonesia

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, Tanahjampea,

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Obi Island Obi (also called Obira) is the main island in the Obi Islands group of Indonesia, south of the larger Halmahera in North Maluku. Its area is 2,542 km². The island is eponymous to the Obi Island Birdwing, an endemic species of butter ...

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Neopithecops zalmora ''Neopithecops zalmora'', the Quaker, is a small butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Subspecies The subspecies of ''Neopithecops zalmora'' are- * ''Neopithecops zalmora zalmora'' ...

'' (Butler, 1870) * ''Neopithecops'' sp. – undescribed

References

"''Neopithecops'' Distant, 1884"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and some other life forms'' Polyommatini Butterflies of Indonesia Lepidoptera of Papua New Guinea Fauna of the Lesser Sunda Islands Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub