Catopyrops rita is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Henley Grose-Smith in 1895.[2] It is found in the Australasian realm and in the Indomalayan realm, crossing the Wallace line.
| Catopyrops rita | |
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| Catopyrops rita bora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Catopyrops |
| Species: | C. rita
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| Binomial name | |
| Catopyrops rita (Grose-Smith, 1895)[1]
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Subspecies
edit- C. r. rita Ambon, Timor
- C. r. bora Eliot, 1956 Sulawesi
- C. r. altijavana Toxopeus, 1930 Java
References
edit- ^ Grose-Smith , H. 1895. Descriptions of New Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. Doherty in the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago. Novitates Zoologicae 2: (1) pp.75-81, (2) pp.505-514
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Catopyrops rita.
- "Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1929" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms