Calyptotheca rupicola is found from Heron Island, Queensland, and from Vanuatu.
Original description: Calyptotheca rupicola Hayward & Ryland 1995;
Locality:
Holotype: QMG 304959; Paratype QMG 304966.
Description from Hayward & Ryland, 1995 (PDF file)
Description from Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001. (PDF file)