Neolucia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Neolucia
Species: N. agricola – N. hobartensis – N. mathewi
Name

Neolucia Waterhouse and Turner, 1905.

Type species: Lucia agricola Westwood, [1851].
References

Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page.
Waterhouse, G.A. & Turner, R.E. 1905. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae, 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29(4): 798–804. BHL Reference page.
Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.

Neolucia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species of this genus are endemic to Australia and Tasmania.[1]
Species

The following species are recognised:[2]

Neolucia agricola (Westwood, [1851])
Neolucia mathewi (Miskin, 1890)
Neolucia hobartensis (Miskin, 1890)

References

Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2008). "Neolucia Waterhouse & Turner 1905". The Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
Savela, Markku. "Neolucia Waterhouse & Turner, 1905". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.