Hypochrysops( lycaenidae)

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Hypochrysops( lycaenidae)

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Top picture.Self caught female H appelles. Kewarra Beach Queensland Australia
Middle picture. Male H appelles. West Papua
Female H coelisparsus. Sulawesi
Bottom picture. Male H dicomas refinus. West Papua
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Re: Hypochrysops( lycaenidae)

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Wonderful Lycaenids! John Tennent and a co-author whose name escapes me at the moment are working on a revision of the genus. He was in the US a few years back examining museum holdings of the Hypochrysops.

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