Neopithecops umbretta

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 umbretta
Subspecies: (4)
N. u. dorothea – N. u. obianus – N. u. tituria – N. u. umbretta

Name

Neopithecops umbretta Grose-Smith, 1895.

Type locality: Halmaheira.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type/Halmaheira August 1892 W. Doherty/umbretta Grose-Smith ♂ type"; designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 52.

Synonymy

• Neopithecops umbretta Grose-Smith, 1895: 505 (partim).
• Neopithecops lucifer umbretta Grose-Smith; D'Abrera, 1977: 379 "(Bachan, Halmahera (Djailolo)".
• Neopithecops umbretta umbretta Grose-Smith; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 52.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. 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. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1895. Descriptions of New Species of Butterflies captured by Mr. Doherty in the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago. Novitates zoologicae. 2: (1) pp.75-81, (2) pp.505-514. BHL1 BHL2. Reference page.