Species Euploea eichhorni Staudinger, 1884
Eichhorn's Crow
- Euploea eichhorni Staudinger, O. in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E. 1884. Exotische Schmetterlinge. Fürth, Bavaria : G. Löwensohn Vol. 1(1–6) 3-38 pls 1-38. [publication date: Moulds, M.S. 1977. Bibliography of the Australian Butterflies. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea 1773–1973. Greenwich, N.S.W. : Australian Entomological Press 239 pp.] [pl. 26] [introduced in pl. 26 (1884) and described in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E. 1885. Exotische Schmetterlinge. Fürth, Bavaria : G. Löwensohn Vol. 1(7–12) pp. 39–102 pls 31–60 [publication date: Moulds, M.S. 1977. Bibliography of the Australian Butterflies. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea 1773–1973. Greenwich, N.S.W. : Australian Entomological Press 239 pp.] (53)].
Type data:
Lectotype MNB ♂, Cooktown, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Lambkin, T.A., Braby, M.F., Eastwood, R.G. & Zalucki, M.P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Euploea alcathoe complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Austral Entomology 58: 52-75 [15]. - Euploea boreas Miskin, W.H. 1890. A revision of the Australian species of Euploea, with synonymic notes, and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1037-1046 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [1038] [introduced in a key on p. 1038, further described on p. 1043].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM T.12354 1♂, Cardwell, QLD (designated in original description); QM T.12355 1♂; QM T.12356 1♀ (this specimen was marked type by Waterhouse & Wild in 1910)
Comment: Miskin in the original description described both sexes; Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519–528 [520] (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 [5]
- Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519-528 [4]
- Braby, M.F. 2011. Revised checklist of Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea): Addendum and Errata. Zootaxa 3128: 67–68 [67]
- Lambkin, T.A., Braby, M.F., Eastwood, R.G. & Zalucki, M.P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Euploea alcathoe complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Austral Entomology 58: 52-75
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Euploea alcathoe eichhorni Staudinger, 1884 [stat. rev. (Lambkin et al. 2017)].
Introduction
Lambkin et al. (2019) reviewed the taxonomic status of populations from northern Australia based on evidence from ecology, larval colour pattern and morphology, adult morphology (wing morphometrics, wing pattern elements and male genitalia) and molecules (mtDNA), and concluded that there are two species in the complex. Available evidence indicates that Euploea eichhorni from northern Queensland is allopatric and phenotypically and genotypically distinct from E. alcathoe, with 11 phenotypic character state differences in larval pattern and morphology, adult wing pattern and male genitalia, as well as significant differences in wing shape and in frequency distribution of the number of white spots.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Gymnanthera oblonga (Burm.f.) P.S. Green [APOCYNACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [309] (as Euploea eichhorni, description, distribution)
Lambkin, T.A., Braby, M.F., Eastwood, R.G. & Zalucki, M.P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Euploea alcathoe complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Austral Entomology 58: 52-75
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] [20] (as Euploea eichhorni, description, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 13-Dec-2017 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Nov-2016 | Euploea Fabricius, 1807 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2016 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |