Pithecops mariae
Appearance
Pithecops mariae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Pithecops |
Species: | P. mariae
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Binomial name | |
Pithecops mariae de Nicéville, 1894
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Pithecops mariae is a small butterfly found in Sumatra that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It was first described by British Entomologist Lionel de Nicéville in 1894.[1]