Pithecops corvus

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]

Pithecops corvus
Scientific classification
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

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

Subspecies
  • Pithecops corvus corvus (Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Nias, Borneo)
  • Pithecops corvus corax Fruhstorfer, 1919 (Java to the Philippines)
  • Pithecops corvus ryukyeuensis Shirôzu, 1964 (Japan: Ryukyus)
  • Pithecops corvus correctus Cowan, 1965 (Naga Hills)
  • Pithecops corvus cornix Cowan, 1965 (Hainan)

References
  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.
  • Pithecops at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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