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Mantoides
Mantoides gama gama from Malaya
Scientific classification
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Mantoides

Species:
M. gama
Binomial name
Mantoides gama
(Distant, 1886)[1]

Mantoides is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1896. Its only species, Mantoides gama, the Distant's Imperial, was first described by William Lucas Distant in 1886.[2] It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[3]

References

  1. ^ Distant, W. L., 1882-1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (November 17, 2012). "Mantoides Druce, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.