Pithecops corvus
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
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|image = PithecopsCorvusCorrectusMFUpUnAC1.jpg
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|genus = Pithecops
|species = corvus
|authority = (Fruhstorfer, 1919)Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 83 (A) (1): 77–84.
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- Pithecops hylax corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919
- Pithecops hylax corax Fruhstorfer, 1919
- Pithecops nihana luzonica Murayama & Okamura, 1973
- Pithecops nihana ryukyuensis Shirôzu, 1964
- Pithecops correctus Cowan, 1965
- Pithecops cornix Cowan, 1965
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Pithecops corvus, the forest Quaker, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1919. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
The larvae feed on Desmodium, Gardenia and Glycosmis species, including Desmodium lapurnifolium and Desmodium gardneri.
Subspecies
- Pithecops corvus corvus (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Nias, Borneo)
- Pithecops corvus corax Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java to the Philippines)
- Pithecops corvus ryukyeuensis Shirôzu, 1964 (Japan: Ryukyus)
- Pithecops corvus correctus Cowan, 1965 (Naga Hills)
- Pithecops corvus cornix Cowan, 1965 (Hainan)
References
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External links
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- [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/pithecops/ Pithecops] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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