Pistoria

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Pistoria
Pistoria nigropunctata.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pistoria
Hemming, 1964
Species: P. nigropunctata
Binomial name
Pistoria nigropunctata
(Bethune-Baker, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Mambara Bethune-Baker, 1908 (preocc.)
  • Mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Pistoria is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The single member (species) of this monotypic genus, Pistoria nigropunctata, is found in New Guinea (Australasian ecozone).

Subspecies[edit]

  • Pistoria nigropunctata nigropunctata (south-western New Guinea: Upper Waria Ranges, Papua New Guinea: Mambare)
  • Pistoria nigropunctata siwiensis Tite, 1962 (West Irian: Mount Siwi)
  • Pistoria nigropunctata weylandia Tite, 1962 (West Irian: Weyland Mountains)
  • Pistoria nigropunctata aroa Tite, 1962 (southern Papua New Guinea: Aroa)
  • Pistoria nigropunctata fracta Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Rawlinson Mountains)
  • Pistoria nigropunctata kratke Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Kratke Mountains)

References[edit]

Media related to Pistoria at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Pistoria at Wikispecies

  1. ^ Pistoria, funet.fi