Species Hypochrysops chrysargyrus Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hypochrysops chrysargyrus Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1895. Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare and unfigured species of butterflies. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 2 259 pp. [16].
• Deudoryx aurignea Fruhstorfer, H. 1907. Eine neue Lycaenidae aus Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 21(26): 162.
• Iraota meeki Rothschild, W. 1911. Two new Lepidoptera from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 233-234 [233].
• Hypochrysops gemma van Eecke, R. 1924. List of the Lepidoptera collected by Mr W. C. van Heurn during an exploration expedition in Dutch North New Guinea. Nova Guinea 15 Zool. 4: 33-56 pl. 1 [41].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [30]

Introduction

A single female was collected from Saibai Island, Torres Strait (Lambkin & Knight 2005).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Described from New Guinea, reported from Saibai Island by Lambkin & Knight (2005)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Lambkin, T.A. & Knight, A.I. 2005. New Australian butterfly records (Lepidoptera) from Saibai and Dauan Islands, Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Entomologist 32: 49–54

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