Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Papilionoidea
Lycaenidae
Polyommatinae
- Neopithecops Distant, 1884
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Neopithecops Distant, 1884; Rhopalocera Malayana : 197, 209, TS: Pithecops dharma Moore
Parapithecops Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1): 20, TS: Parapithecops gaura Moore
Papua Röber, [1892]; in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 2 (6): 273 (preocc. Papua Ragonot, 1889), TS: Plebeius lucifer Röber
Parapithecops (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449
Neopithecops (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Ceylon, S.India - Bengal, Kumaon - Burma. See [About maps]
Quaker
Pithecops zalmora Butler, [1870]; Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: 161, TL: Moulmein, Burma
Parapithecops gaura Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 20, TL: Calcutta; Assam
?todara (Fruhstorfer, 1922) (Pithecops); in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 880
Neopithecops zalmora zalmora, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Neopithecops zalmora ; [BIR, 269]; [BOW: pl. 179, f. 23]; [MRS, 682]
Larva on
Glycosmis pentaphylla [BIR] [EOB],
Glycosmis citrifolia [MRS]
Pithecops nihana Moore, 1878; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3) : 702, TL: Hainan
Neopithecops horsfieldi Distant, 1884; Rhopalocera Malayana : 210, pl. 22, f. 15, TL: Singapore
Pithecops zalmora colutha Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 84, TL: Philippines
Neopithecops zalmora batuana Riley, 1944; : 256, TL: Batu Is.; Pulau Tello
Neopithecops zalmora zalmora ; [BMP: 237, pl. 34, f. 49-50]
Larva on
Glycosmis pentaphylla [BMP]
Ceylon
Pithecops dharma Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 72, pl. 34, f. 4
Neopithecops zalmora dharma ; [BOR, 650]
Java
zalmora indigeta (Fruhstorfer, 1919) (Pithecops); Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 83, TL: Java
Pithecops zalmora dolona Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 83, TL: Hong Kong
Neopithecops zalmora dolona ; [MRS, 682]
Pithecops zalmora fedora Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 83, TL: Formosa
Neopithecops zalmora fedora ; [MRS, 682]
Andaman I.
Neopithecops zalmora andamanus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 45, TL: S. Andaman Island
Timor
Neopithecops zalmora ssp.? ; [BAUR, 379 (text)]
Neopithecops sumbanus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 47, f. 20, 224, 248, TL: Sumba
Neopithecops sumbanus ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Sumba, Tanahjampea
Neopithecops sumbanus sumbanus ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Dammer Is.
Neopithecops sumbanus orientalis Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 48, f. 16X, 225, 249, TL: Dammer Is.
Plebeius lucifer Röber, [1886]; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 61, pl. 4, f. 5
?Cupido lucifer Röber, 1886
Neopithecops lucifer, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Papua lucifer ; Röber, [1892], in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 2 (6): 273
Larva on
Glycosmis pentaphylla [BAUR]
Kai, Aru, Torres Strait Is., Cape York
Quaker
Neopithecops lucifer lucifer ; [BAUR, 379 (text)]
Trobriand I.
Pithecops heria Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 84
Neopithecops lucifer heria ; [BAUR, 379]
Batjan
Neopithecops lucifer parumbretta Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 49, f. 226-227, 250-251, TL: Maluku, Batjan
Bachan, Halmahera
Neopithecops umbretta Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (4): 505, TL: Batchian
Neopithecops lucifer umbretta ; [BAUR, 379 (text)]
Neopithecops umbretta ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Lesser Sunda Is., Tanahjampea, Sula, Maluku
Pithecops umbretta tituria Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 84, TL: Java, Tanajampea
Neopithecops umbretta tituria ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Sula Is.
Neopithecops umbretta dorothea Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 53, f. 229, 253, TL: Sula I., Sula Besi
Neopithecops umbretta dorothea ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Obi Is.
Neopithecops umbretta obianus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 53, f. 23, TL: Maluku, Obi Is., Laivui
Obi
Neopithecops sp.? ; [BAUR, 379]
- Misidentified/misapplied:
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Neopithecops zalmora umbretta (= sp.?); D'Abrera, 1971, Butts. Aust. Region (1st ed.): ?339
Taninber. See [About maps]
Neopithecops iolanthe Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 53, f. 25-26, 231, 255, 430-431, TL: Tanimber
Bohol
Neopithecops iolanthe boholicus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 54, f. 26, 430-431, TL: Philippines, Bohol, Bilar
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- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [BAUR]
- D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
- [BHL]
- The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
- [BIR]
- Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
- [BMP]
- Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
- [BOR]
- D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
- [BOW]
- Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
- [Don Herbison-Evans]
- and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
- [EOB]
- Feltwell, J.; The Encyclopedia of Butterflies; Prentice Hall, 1993; ISBN 0-671-86828-4
- [LAMAS-2005]
- Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
- [LAMAS-NEO]
- Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
- [MRS]
- Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
- [Yutaka Inayoshi]
- A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
- Some related literature:
- Butler, [1870]
- Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum
Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: (1869) 303pp, 3pls
- Cassidy, 1995
- On the Lycaenopsis Group of Genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region
Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 45-62
- Distant, 1884
- Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula
Rhopalocera Malayana
: 1-481, pl. 1-27,27A,27B,28-44
- Eliot, 1973
- The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement
Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6)
: 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
- Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
- Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History)
Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 309 pp., 560 figs
- Fruhstorfer, 1919
- Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane
Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 83 (1): 77-84, f. 1-4 (February)
- Fruhstorfer, 1922
- Gattungen (8-19): Parelodina - Niphanda
in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
: 856 (14 February 1921),
: 857-864 (5 January 1922),
: 865-872 (21 January, 1922),
: 873-880 (15 April 1922),
: 881-888 (18 April 1922),
: 889-896 (16 May 1922),
: 897-901 (16 March 1923)
- Grose-Smith, 1895
- Descriptions of new species of butterflies, captured by Mr. Doherty in the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, and now in the Museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild at Tring
Novit. Zool. 2
(2): 75-85,
(4): 505-514
- Moore, 1878
- List of Lepidopterous Insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878 (3)
: 695-708
- Moore, [1881]
- The Lepidoptera of Ceylon
Lepid. Ceylon 1
(1): 1-40, pl. 1-18,
(2): 41-80, pl. 19-36,
(3): 81-136, pl. 37-54,
(4): 137-190, pl. 55-71
- Moore, 1884
- Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera; chiefly from specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta
J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1)
: 16-52
- Röber, [1886]
- Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Australischen Fauna
Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3)
: 45-72, pl. 2-5
- Röber, [1892]
- II. Theil. Die Familien und Gattungen der Tagfalter systematisch und analytisch bearbeitet
in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 2
(5): 181-224, pl. 35-42 (1889),
(6): 225-284, pl. 43-50 (1892)
- Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
- The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda
Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16
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