Neopithecops lucifer heria

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Neopithecops
SpeciesNeopithecops lucifer
Subspecies: Neopithecops lucifer heria

Name

Neopithecops lucifer heria (Fruhstorfer, 1919).

Type locality: Trobriand Is.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH: "Trobriand Is., Kiriwina".

Synonymy

• [Neopithecops zalmora lucifer (Röber) sensu Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 74, pl. 15, fig. 280 ♂. Misidentification.]
• Pithecops zalmora heria Fruhstorfer, 1919: 84.
• [Neopithecops zalmora lucifer (Röber) sensu Common, 1964: 124, fig. 505 ♂. Misidentification.]
• Neopithecops lucifer heria (Fruhstorfer); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 49, figs 21, 22.

References

• Common, 1964. Australian Butterflies 131pp., 509 figs. Brisbane. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 83 (A) (1): 77-84. Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney. BHL Reference page.