Pistoria
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Pistoria Hemming, 1964 |
| Species: | P. nigropunctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pistoria nigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1908)[1] | |
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Subspecies
- 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)
