Pithecops corvus

Pithecops corvus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pithecops
Species:
P. corvus
Binomial name
Pithecops corvus
Synonyms
  • Pithecops hylax corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919
  • Pithecops hylax corax Fruhstorfer, 1919
  • Pithecops nihana luzonica Murayama & Okamura, 1973
  • Pithecops nihana ryukyuensis Shirôzu, 1964
  • Pithecops correctus Cowan, 1965
  • Pithecops cornix Cowan, 1965

Pithecops corvus, the forest Quaker, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1919. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

The larvae feed on Desmodium, Gardenia and Glycosmis species, including Desmodium lapurnifolium and Desmodium gardneri.

  1. ^ Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 83 (A) (1): 77–84.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

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