Perpheres
Perpheres | |
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Figs. 9, 10 | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Perpheres Hirowatari, 1992 |
Perpheres is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic containing only Perpheres perpheres (H. H. Druce and Bethune-Baker, 1893) endemic to New Guinea.This species was previously in Danis.
References[]
Druce, H.H. & Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1893. A monograph of the butterflies of the genus Thysonotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893(3): 536–552, pls. 45-47
- Parsons, M. 1999 The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. San Diego: Academic Press.
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Categories:
- Polyommatini
- Lycaenidae genera
- Lycaeninae stubs