''Hypochlorosis lorquinii'' is a

butterfly 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 ...

. It is found on Maluku and

Fergusson Island Fergusson Island is the largest island of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, in Papua New Guinea. It has an area of , and mostly consists of mountainous regions, covered by rain forests. There are three large volcanoes on the island. Fergusson Island ...

Subspecies

*''H. l. lorquinii'' (Indonesia, Maluku, Aru, Halmahera) *''H. l. buruana'' Holland, 1900 (Buru) *''H. l. obiana'' (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Obi)

References

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*, 1998. ''The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea'' Academic Press, Butterflies described in 1865 Theclinae Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Theclinae-stub