''Pithecops corvus'', the forest Quaker, is a
butterfly in the family
Lycaenidae. It was described by
Hans Fruhstorfer 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 Indi ...
.
[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.]
The larvae feed on ''
Desmodium'', ''
Gardenia
''Gardenia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family, Rubiaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, Madagascar and Pacific Islands, and Australia.
The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus and John Ellis aft ...
'' and ''
Glycosmis'' 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''
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Pithecops
Butterflies described in 1919