Subspecies Junonia erigone walkeri (Butler, 1901)
- Precis walkeri Butler, A.G. 1901. A revision of the butterflies of the genus Precis, with notes on the seasonal phases of the species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 196-216 [214] [name introduced for a local form of Precis erigone (Cramer, [1775])].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh8761 1♂, Semao Is. (Western end of Timor) (designated in original description); BMNH Rh8762 1♀
Comment: Butler in the original description mentioned both sexes; Gabriel, A.G. 1927. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part III. Nymphalidae. London : British Museum 128 pp. [124] (listed both male and female types); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (Gabriel's (1927) listing is not accepted as a lectotype designation).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—East Timor, Indonesia (West Timor).
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- East Timor
- Indonesia
- West Timor
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. [400] (description, distribution)
Edwards, E.D. 1977. Junonia erigone (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) recorded from Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 4(3): 41-43 [41]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |