Genus Damias Boisduval, 1832

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• Damias Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [259].

  Type species:

   Damias elegans Boisduval, 1832 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [397].
• Caprimima Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [561].

  Type species:

   Hypocrita albicollis Pagenstecher, 1886 by original designation (Moluccas (Indonesia)).

Introduction

Holloway (1984) suggested that the only synapomorphy for the genus Damias Boisduval, 1832 was the presence of white ground colour. Of Australian species referred to Damias Boisduval, 1832 only D. elegans Boisduval, 1832 should remain in this genus. The remaining species referred to Damias Boisduval, 1832 by Edwards (1996) are temporarily transferred to Chiriphe Walker, [1863] (as the only other available name) until further generic revision takes place.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

Holloway, J.D. 1984. Lepidoptera and the Melanesian Arcs. Pp.129-169 in Radovsky, F.J., Raven, P.H. & Sohmer, S.H. (eds). Biogeography of the Tropical Pacific. Honolulu : Association of Systematic Collections & Bernice P. Bishop Museum x+221 pp.

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