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Liphyra Westwood 1864

Andrew V. Z. Brower
Containing group: Liphyrini

Introduction

An Indomalayan genus with one widespread species (L. brassolis) and one endemic to New Guinea (L. grandis).

Characteristics

The adults' mouthparts are completely atrophied and non-functional, and all adult energy resources are carried through from the larval stages.

References

Corbet, A. S., Pendlebury, H. M. & Eliot, J. N. 1992 The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society.

Eliot, J. N. 1973 The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28, 371-505, 6 pls.

Parsons, M. 1999 The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. San Diego: Academic Press.

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Liphyra Westwood 1864. Version 18 June 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Liphyra/107796/2007.06.18 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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