Species Acrodipsas decima Miller & Lane, 2004

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• Acrodipsas decima Miller, C.G. & Lane, D.A. 2004. A new species of Acrodipsas Sands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Northern Territory. Australian Entomologist 31: 141–146.

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC male, Burrells Trig, Daly River Road, NT.

  Type locality references:

  Miller, C.G. & Lane, D.A. 2004. A new species of Acrodipsas Sands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Northern Territory. Australian Entomologist 31: 141–146.

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Lane, D.A. and Moulds, M.S. 2021. A new subspecies of Acrodipsas decima Miller and Lane, 2004 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Lycaeninae) from Northern Queensland. Australian Entomologist 48(4): 313–320

Introduction

The population from the ‘Top End’, NT, previously placed under A.hirtipes Sands, 1980, was described as a distinct species by Miller & Lane (2004). Subsequently, Lane and Moulds (2021) described Acrodipsas decima mira Lane & Moulds, 2021 as a subspecies of Acrodipsas decima Miller & Lane, 2004 from northern Queensland in the area between Chillagoe and Almaden, approximately 100 km west of Mareeba.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Lane, D.A. and Moulds, M.S. 2021. A new subspecies of Acrodipsas decima Miller and Lane, 2004 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Lycaeninae) from Northern Queensland. Australian Entomologist 48(4): 313–320

Miller, C.G. & Lane, D.A. 2004. A new species of Acrodipsas Sands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Northern Territory. Australian Entomologist 31: 141–146

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