Pistoria

Pistoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Pistoria; Hemming, 1964
Species:	P. nigropunctata
Binomial name
	Pistoria nigropunctata; (Bethune-Baker, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
	Mambara Bethune-Baker, 1908 (preocc.); Mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908;

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).

Subspecies

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)

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