Catopyrops Explained

Catopyrops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.^{[1] [2] [3]} The range extends from India to the Malay Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.

Species

• Catopyrops ancyra (Felder, 1860) – many subspecies
• Catopyrops florinda (Butler, 1877)
• Catopyrops holtra Parsons, 1986 New Britain
• Catopyrops keiria (Druce, 1891)
• Catopyrops kokopona (Ribbe, 1899)
• Catopyrops nebulosa (Druce, 1892) New Hebrides
• Catopyrops rita (Grose-Smith, 1895)
• Catopyrops zyx Parsons, 1986 Solomon Islands, New Guinea

Further reading

• French Wikipedia provides additional subspecies and distribution information at "Le genre Catopyrops".

External links

• "Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1929" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Images representing Catopyrops at Bold

Notes and References

1. Corbet. A. Steven. A Revision of the Malayan Species of the Nacaduba Group of Genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 87. 5. 2009. 125–146. 0035-8894. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1938.tb00731.x.
2. New. T. R.. Bush. M. B.. Thornton. I. W. B.. Sudarman. H. K.. The Butterfly Fauna of the Krakatau Islands After a Century of Colonization. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 322. 1211. 1988. 445–457. 0962-8436. 10.1098/rstb.1988.0137. 1988RSPTB.322..445N .
3. CASSIDY. Alan C.. On Nacaduba and Allied Genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Sulawesi Region. Tyô to Ga. 1990. 41. 4. 227–241. 2012-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20150114003153/http://freestyleaviation.co.uk/Cassidy1990NacadubaSulawesi.pdf. 2015-01-14. dead.