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''Pistoria'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 single species of this
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genus, ''Pistoria nigropunctata'', is found in
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 ...
(
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 ...
).


Subspecies

*''P. n. nigropunctata'' (south-western New Guinea: Upper Waria Ranges, Papua New Guinea: Mambare) *''P. n. siwiensis'' Tite, 1962 (West Irian: Mount Siwi) *''P. n. weylandia'' Tite, 1962 (West Irian:
Weyland Mountains Weyland or Weylandt may refer to: In mythology * Weyland or Wayland the Smith, a legendary smith in Germanic and Norse mythology ** Völundarkviða, the ''Lay of Weyland'', a Norse epic poem about the smith People * Bernadette Weyland, German ...
) *''P. n. aroa'' Tite, 1962 (southern Papua New Guinea: Aroa) *''P. n. fracta'' Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Rawlinson Mountains) *''P. n. kratke'' Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Kratke Mountains)


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Polyommatini Monotypic butterfly genera Taxa named by Francis Hemming Lycaenidae genera Lepidoptera of New Guinea Endemic flora of New Guinea {{Polyommatini-stub