Catopyrops florinda explained

Catopyrops florinda, the speckled line blue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.^[1] It is found in the Australasian realm.

Subspecies

• C. f. florinda Loyalty Islands
• C. f. estrella (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) Australia (Darwin, Northern Territory, Cooktown, Queensland and New South Wales)
• C. f. parva Tite, 1963 Timor, Kissar, Wetar, Letti

Biology

The larva feeds on Celtis sinensis, Trema cannabina and Caesalpinia bonduc.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]