Pistoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species of this monotypic genus, Pistoria nigropunctata, is found in New Guinea (Australasian realm).
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Pistoria Hemming, 1964 |
Species: | P. nigropunctata
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Binomial name | |
Pistoria nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Subspecies
edit- 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)
- 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)
References
editExternal links
editData related to Pistoria at Wikispecies Media related to Pistoria at Wikimedia Commons