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| Ceram Is, Indonesia; 5/97 ssp hypolitus male (specimen from Insect World) |
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| Ceram Is, Indonesia; 5/97 ssp hypolitus female (specimen from Insect World) |
Widespread and common from Celebes Is. east through the Moluccas North to Talaud and south to Ceram and Buru Islands. Tends to be a coastal low altitude species found frequently in coastal scrubland and forests. Several subspecies have been described including:
hypolitus - Ceram, Buru, Ambon, Bachan,
Halmahera, Morotoi, and Ternate Is
sulaensis - Sula Is
caelicola - Banggai group
cellularis - Sangir, Talaud, Butung, Saleyar,
and Celebes