Neopithecops

Neopithecops Distant, 1884

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

Neopithecops; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Neopithecops (Section Lycaenopsis); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 449
Neopithecops (Lycaenopsina); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151
Neopithecops (Polyommatini); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Papua; [NHM-BMW]
Parapithecops; [NHM-BMW]
Parapithecops (Section Lycaenopsis); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 449

Neopithecops zalmora (Butler, [1870])

Ceylon, S.India - Bengal, Kumaon - Burma. See [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 gaura; [CoL]
Neopithecops zalmora todara; [CoL]
Neopithecops zalmora; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 570; Druce, 1896, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (3): 655; [BIR], 269; [BOW]: pl. 179, f. 23; [MRS], 682; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 83

1134x1158 (~131Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

N. z. zalmora

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 (Neopithecops) zalmora colutha Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 84; TL: Philippines
Neopithecops zalmora batuana Riley, [1945]; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94 (2): 256; TL: Batu Is.; Pulau Tello

Neopithecops zalmora batuana; [CoL]
Neopithecops zalmora colutha; [CoL]
Neopithecops zalmora horsfieldi; [CoL]
Neopithecops zalmora zalmora; [BMP]: 237, pl. 34, f. 49-50; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Pichecops (Neopithecops) zalmora zalmora; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 83
Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora horsfieldi; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 83
Pithecops hylax nihana; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 79
Pithecops nihana; [CoL]

N. z. dharma (Moore, [1881]) Ceylon

Pithecops dharma Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 72, pl. 34, f. 4; TL: Ceylon

Neopithecops zalmora dharma; [BOR], 650; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora dharma; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 83

N. z. fedora (Fruhstorfer, 1919) Formosa

Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora fedora Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 83; TL: Formosa

Neopithecops zalmora fedora; [MRS], 682; [CoL]

N. z. dolona (Fruhstorfer, 1919) S.China

Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora dolona Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 83; TL: Hong Kong

Neopithecops zalmora dolona; [MRS], 682; [CoL]

N. z. indigeta (Fruhstorfer, 1919) Java

Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora indigeta Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 83; TL: Java

Neopithecops zalmora indigeta; [CoL]

N. z. pertimidus Toxopeus, 1930

N. z. andamanus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Andaman I.

Neopithecops zalmora andamanus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 45; TL: S. Andaman Island

Neopithecops zalmora andamanus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

ssp.? Timor

Neopithecops zalmora ssp.?; [BAUR], 379 (text)

Neopithecops sumbanus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

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; [CoL]

N. s. sumbanus Sumba, Tanahjampea

Neopithecops sumbanus sumbanus; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158

N. s. orientalis Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Dammer Is.

Neopithecops sumbanus orientalis Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 48, f. 16X, 225, 249; TL: Dammer Is.

Neopithecops sumbanus orientalis; [CoL]

Neopithecops lucifer (Röber, 1886)

Plebeius lucifer Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3): 61, pl. 4, f. 5; TL: Aru; Key I.

Cupido lucifer;
Neopithecops lucifer; [BAUR]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
Papua lucifer; Röber, [1892], in Staudinger & Schatz, Exotische Schmetterlinge 2 (6): 273

N. l. lucifer Kai, Aru, Torres Strait Is., Cape York Quaker

Neopithecops lucifer lucifer; [BAUR], 379 (text)
Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora lucifer; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1):

N. l. heria (Fruhstorfer, 1919) Trobriand I.

Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora heria Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 84

Neopithecops lucifer heria; [BAUR], 379

N. l. parumbretta Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Batjan

Neopithecops lucifer parumbretta Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 49, f. 226-227, 250-251; TL: Maluku, Batjan

Neopithecops lucifer parumbretta; [CoL]

Neopithecops umbretta Grose-Smith, 1895 Bachan, Halmahera

Neopithecops umbretta Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (4): 505; TL: Batchian

Neopithecops umbretta; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158

N. u. umbretta

Neopithecops sp.?; [BAUR], 379 (Obi)
Neopithecops lucifer umbretta; [BAUR], 379 (text)
Neopithecops zalmora umbretta; [CoL]
Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora umbretta; Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 84

Misidentified/misapplied:

Neopithecops zalmora umbretta (= sp.?); D'Abrera, 1971, Butts. Aust. Region: ?339

N. u. tituria (Fruhstorfer, 1919) Lesser Sunda Is., Tanahjampea, Sula, Maluku

Pithecops (Neopithecops) zalmora tituria Fruhstorfer, 1919; Archiv Naturg. 83 A (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
Neopithecops zalmora tituria; [CoL]

N. u. dorothea Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 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

N. u. obianus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Obi Is.

Neopithecops umbretta obianus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 53, f. 23; TL: Maluku, Obi Is., Laivui

Neopithecops iolanthe Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983

Taninber. See [maps]

Neopithecops iolanthe Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 53, f. 25-26, 231, 255, 430-431; TL: Tanimber

Neopithecops iolanthe; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

N. i. boholicus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 Bohol

Neopithecops iolanthe boholicus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 54, f. 26, 430-431; TL: Philippines, Bohol, Bilar

Neopithecops iolanthe boholicus; [CoL]

Neopithecops duponcheli; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

References:

[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!
[CEB]
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin; issues (PDF)
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[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)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[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.

Some related literature:

Butler, [1870]
Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum Cat. diurn. Lep. Fabricius: : 1-303, pl. 1-3
Cassidy, 1995
On the Lycaenopsis Group of Genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2) : 45-62
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn) : 1-595, pl. 1-69
D'Abrera, 1971
Butterflies of the Australian Region (1st edn) Butts. Aust. Region: 1-415
[BAUR]; D'Abrera, 1977
Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn) Butts. Aust. Region: 1-416
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
Distant, 1884
Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Rhopalocera Malayana : 1-481, pl. 1-27,27A,27B,28-44
Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34
Druce, 1896
Further Contributions to our Knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (3) : 650-683, pl. 29-31
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 Naturg. 83 A (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
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
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 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
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
Riley, [1945]
Spolia Mentawiensia: Rhopalocera, Lycaenidae and Riodinidae Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 94 (2) : 247-271
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)
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1) : 145-156
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
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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