Species Neopithecops lucifer (Röber, 1886)
Devil's Blue
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands, Maluku), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Aru Islands
- Irian Jaya
- Kei Islands
- Maluku
- Papua New Guinea
Ecological Descriptors
Larval food plants not recorded from Australia, but on Darnley Is. larvae fed on Glycosmis trifoliata (Rutaceae), growing in rainforest.
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Neopithecops lucifer lucifer (Röber, 1886)
Cupido lucifer Röber, J.K.M. 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Australischen Fauna. Correspondenz-Blatt des entomologischen Vereins Iris zu Dresden 1: 45–72 [61 pl. 4].
Type data: syntypes MTKD ♂ ♀*; Röber in the original description mentioned both sexes; Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [49] (gave the type repository); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [462] (referred to a syntype).
Type locality: Aru Is., Key Is. (designated in original description).
General References
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