''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:
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Pithecops corvus
''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. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, He ...
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Fruhstorfer, 1919
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Pithecops dionisius
''Pithecops'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.
Species include:
*''Pithecops corvus
''Pithecops corvus'', the forest Quaker, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by H ...
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(Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands
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Pithecops fulgens''
Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker
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Pithecops hylax''
Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker
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Pithecops mariae''
de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo.
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Pithecops phoenix''
(Röber, 1886) Celebes
References
Lycaenidae genera
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