Species Catochrysops amasea Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

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Species Catochrysops amasea Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Cobalt Pea-blue

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Howarth, T.G. 1962. The Rhopalocera of Rennell and Bellona Islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 4: 63-83 pls 1-10 [76]
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [581]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Larval food plants not recorded from the Australian mainland, but on Boigu Island larvae fed on the flower buds and flowers of Desmodium heterocarpon (Fabaceae) which also grows on the Australian mainland.