Liphyra brassolis Westwood, 1864
India, Sikkim - Assam, Burma, Moluccas, Malaya - Australia. See [maps]
Moth Butterfly
- Liphyra brassolis lugens; [CoL]
- Liphyra brassolis; Hewitson, 1878, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (8): (Suppl.) 34; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 626; [EBW]; [BMP]; [BOW]: pl. 178, f. 8; [BOR], 545; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 114; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
In ant nests, feeding on ant larvae[BIR]
Larva preys on
Oecophylla smaragdina Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.: (120-140)
Larva on
Nauclea orientalis,
(eggs. on) (later in nests of Oecophylla smaragdina F.) [BMP]
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L. b. brassolis Sikkim - Burma
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L. b. abbreviata Strand, 1911 Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo
- Liphyra abbreviata; [CoL]
- Liphyra abbreviata Strand, 1911;
- Liphyra brassolis abbreviata; [BMP]: 217, pl. 34, f. 1; [BOR], 545; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
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L. b. major Rothschild, 1898 Queensland (Cape York - Mackay)
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L. b. melania Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 Darwin, Groote Eylandt
- Liphyra melania Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
- Liphyra brassolis melania; [BAUR], 300 (text)
- Liphyra melania Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914;
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L. b. robusta (C. & R. Felder, 1865) Moluccas, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Manam, Solomon Is.
Larva preys on
Ocecophylla Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 114
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L. b. niepelti (Strand, 1922)
- Liphyra brassolis niepelti; [CoL]
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L. b. novabritannica Willner, 1985 New Guinea
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L. b. justini Schröder & Treadaway, 1988 Philippines
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L. b. hermelnuydai Schröder & Treadaway, 1998 Philippines