Subspecies Erysichton lineatus meiranganus (Röber, 1886)

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• Plebeius meiranganus Röber, 1886.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Aru.

  Secondary source:

   Tite, G.E. 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 13: 69-116.
• Plebeius fatureus Röber, 1886.

  Secondary source:

   Tite, G.E. 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 13: 69–116.
• Nacaduba palmyra vaneeckei Fruhstorfer, 1916.

  Secondary source:

   Tite, G.E. 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 13: 69–116.
• Nacaduba palmyra thadmor Fruhstorfer, 1916.

  Secondary source:

   Tite, G.E. 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 13: 69–116.

Introduction

Johnson and Wilson (2019) recorded this subspecies from Australia based on a single female collected from Dauan Island, Torres Strait, in December 2018.

Distribution

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Alectryon coriaceus (Benth.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Alectryon; Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Tamarind; Syzygium oleosum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland [MYRTACEAE] Blue Lilly Pilly; Ehretia acuminata R.Br. [BORAGINACEAE]; Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche [PROTEACEAE]).

General References

Johnson, I.R. & Wilson, P.R. 2019. New Australian records for subspecies of Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Entomologist 46(3): 113-118

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