Catopyrops florinda, the speckled line blue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175. It is found in the Australasian realm.
Subspecies C. f. florinda Loyalty Islands C. f. estrella (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) Australia (Darwin, Northern Territory, Cooktown, Queensland and New South Wales) C. f. parva Tite, 1963 Timor, Kissar, Wetar, Letti
Biology The larva feeds on Celtis sinensis, Trema cannabina and Caesalpinia bonduc.
References
External links
"Catopyrops Toxopeus, 1929" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms