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''Pithecops'' is a genus of
butterflies Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 ...
erected by
Thomas Horsfield Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and natural history, naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. He was later a curator of the Eas ...
in 1828. Species include: *'' Pithecops corvus'' Fruhstorfer, 1919 *'' Pithecops dionisius'' (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands *'' Pithecops fulgens'' Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker *'' Pithecops hylax'' Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker *'' Pithecops mariae'' de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo. *'' Pithecops phoenix'' (Röber, 1886) Celebes


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Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub