Pithecops
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Pithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.
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| Pithecops corvus correctus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Pithecops Horsfield, 1828 |
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Species include:[1]
- Pithecops corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919
- Pithecops dionisius (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands
- Pithecops fulgens Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker
- Pithecops hylax Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker
- Pithecops mariae de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo.
- Pithecops phoenix (Röber, 1886) Celebes
