Subspecies Euploea climena macleari (Butler, 1887)
- Vadebra macleari Butler, A.G. in Günther, A. 1887. Report on a zoological collection made by the officers of H.M.S. Flying Fish at Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887: 522-523 figs 4-5 [522 fig. 4].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Christmas Is., Indian Ocean (designated in original description)
Comment: Butler in the original description mentioned five specimens but four were fragments only; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. (did not list this species). - Euploea climena malindeva Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [21 fig. G].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL00353 ♂, Derby, WA (designated in original description)
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description indicated that they had two males; Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [19] (type information).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carpenter, G.D.H. 1953. The genus Euploea (Lep. Danaidae) in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. A zoo-geographical study. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 28(1): 1-184 pl. 1-9 [4]
- Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [308]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Christmas Island (Indian Ocean).
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [308] (description, distribution)
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [21] (as Euploea climena malindeva, description, distribution)
History of changes
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