''Callictita'' is a genus of
butterflies in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterf ...
. The species of this genus are
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
(
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea and th ...
).
Species
*The ''cyara'' species group
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Callictita cyara''
Bethune-Baker, 1908
*The ''albiplaga'' species group
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Callictita albiplaga''
(Joicey & Talbot, 1916) New Guinea
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Callictita lara''
Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
*The ''mala'' species group
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Callictita felgara''
Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
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Callictita jola''
Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
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Callictita mala''
Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
*The ''afrakiana'' species group
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Callictita arfakiana''
Wind & Clench, 1947 New Guinea
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Callictita tifala''
Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
*Unknown species group
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Callictita upola''
Parsons & Hirowatari, 1988 New Guinea
External links
"''Callictita'' Bethune-Baker, 1908"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
Endemic fauna of New Guinea
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