''Hypochlorosis'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
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 butterfl ...
. The species of this genus are found on
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
and in the
Moluccas in the
Australasian realm.
Species
*''
Hypochlorosis ancharia''
(Hewitson, 1869)
*''
Hypochlorosis antipha
''Hypochlorosis antipha'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on Maluku, Indonesia and Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the ...
''
(Hewitson, 1869)
*''
Hypochlorosis lorquinii''
(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
References
*, 1894. Descriptions of three new Lycaenidae from New Guinea. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (6)13
252-255
* 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. ''Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology'', 28
371-505
*, 1863–1878. ''Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae''. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp
TextPlates
*, 1998. ''The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea'' Academic Press,
*, 1892. In & , ''Exot. Schmett.'' 2. Die Familien und Gattungen der Tagfalter (6), pp. 225–284, pls 43–50. Fürth.
External links
"''Hypochlorosis'' Röber, [1892]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Theclinae
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Röber
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