Subspecies Netrocoryne repanda repanda C. & R. Felder, 1867
Eastern Flat
- Netrocoryne repanda Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1867. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Bd 2. Wien : Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften pp. 379-536 pls 48-74. [dated 1866–Mar. 1867] [507].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Brisbane, QLD (as Moreton Bay, Australia in original description)
Comment: The Felders in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 62(3–4): 107–125 [110] (stated that specimens from the Felder Collection went to the Rothschild Collection, Tring then to the BMNH). - Goniloba vulpecula Prittwitz, O.F. von 1868. Lepidopterologisches. (Fortsetzung). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 29(4–6): 185-200 pl. [3] figs 2a-b [187 pl. 3 figs 2a, 2b].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (Prittwitz in the original description stated that he had one male), Australia (designated as Neu-Holland in original description).Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. III. Descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(5–6): 409-410 [Date published 15/Dec/1932: date given as 15 December 1932 by Atkins, A.F. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. pp. 232–235, 357 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, V.R. (eds). Hesperiidae. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing pp.xiv 529. [357]] [410] (restricted the type locality to southern QLD and NSW); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [110] (confirmed type locality in southern QLD and NSW).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Coast and tablelands of eastern Australia from Townsville and Airlie Beach, QLD, to Rocky Range near Wulgulmerang, NE VIC, and inland to the Carnarvon Range, QLD, Coonabarabran, NSW, and ACT.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer [SALICACEAE] Brown Birch; Neolitsea dealbata (R.Br.) Merr. [LAURACEAE] Hairy Leaved Bolly Gum; Brachychiton populneus (Schott & Endl.) R.Br. [MALVACEAE] Kurrajong; Podocarpus elatus R.Br. ex Endl. [PODOCARPACEAE] Plum Pine; Litsea leefeana F.Muell.) Merr. [LAURACEAE]; Endiandra sieberi Nees [LAURACEAE]; Elaeocarpus reticulatus Sm. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Callicoma serratifolia Andrews [CUNONIACEAE]; Prunus spp. [ROSACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced larval food plant, Prunus spp. (Rosaceae), eggs are laid singly on the upper or under surface of mature leaves of food plant, larva builds silk-lined shelters from mature leaves and feeds at night, pupa in last larval shelter, adult flight is rapid, adults are seasonal flying from September to April, overwinters as early instar larva, special feature of the male, but absent in the female, is the narrow costal fold on the forewing.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [100] (biology)
Mathew, G.F. 1888. Life-histories of Rhopalocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1888(1): 137-188 pl. 4 [181] (biology)
Plötz, C. 1882. Einige Hesperiinen-Gattungen und deren Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 26(1–2): 71-82, 253-266 [76] (synonymy of repanda and vulpecula)
Rainbow, W.J. 1907. A Guide to the Study of Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : T.C. Lothian 272 pp. [210] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1934. Australian Hesperiidae. V. Notes and description of a new form. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 59(5–6): 411-415 [411] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [131] (biology)
History of changes
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| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
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