''Pithecops corvus'', the forest Quaker, is a

butterfly 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 ...

. It was described by

Hans Fruhstorfer Hans Fruhstorfer (1866 – 1922) was a German explorer, insect and shell trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Adalbert Seitz's ''Macrolepidoptera of t ...

in 1919. It is found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...

. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. The larvae feed on ''

Desmodium ''Desmodium'' is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover, hitch hikers or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time. Species are distr ...

'', ''

Gardenia ''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar, Pacific Islands, and Australia. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis after ...

'' and ''

Glycosmis ''Glycosmis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae and tribe Clauseneae. It is in the subfamily Aurantioideae, which also includes genus ''Citrus''. It is a genus of the subtribe Clauseninae, which are known technically ...

'' species, including '' Desmodium lapurnifolium'' and '' Desmodium gardneri''.

Subspecies

*''Pithecops corvus corvus'' (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Nias, Borneo) *''Pithecops corvus corax'' Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java to the Philippines) *''Pithecops corvus ryukyeuensis'' Shirôzu, 1964 (Japan: Ryukyus) *''Pithecops corvus correctus'' Cowan, 1965 (Naga Hills) *''Pithecops corvus cornix'' Cowan, 1965 (Hainan)

References

External links

''Pithecops''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q13484666 Pithecops Butterflies described in 1919