Pistoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species of this monotypic genus, Pistoria nigropunctata, is found in New Guinea (Australasian realm).

Pistoria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Pistoria
Hemming, 1964
Species:
P. nigropunctata
Binomial name
Pistoria nigropunctata
Synonyms
  • Mambara Bethune-Baker, 1908 (preocc.)
  • Mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Subspecies

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  • P. n. nigropunctata (south-western New Guinea: Upper Waria Ranges, Papua New Guinea: Mambare)
  • P. n. siwiensis Tite, 1962 (West Irian: Mount Siwi)
  • P. n. weylandia Tite, 1962 (West Irian: Weyland Mountains)
  • P. n. aroa Tite, 1962 (southern Papua New Guinea: Aroa)
  • P. n. fracta Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Rawlinson Mountains)
  • P. n. kratke Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Kratke Mountains)

References

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  1. ^ Pistoria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
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