Species Elodina walkeri Butler, 1898
Small Pearl-white
- Elodina walkeri Butler, A.G. 1898. Descriptions of some new species of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 1: 294-296 [294] [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 (143) as first revisers gave priority to Elodina walkeri Butler, 1898 over Elodina baudiniana Butler, 1898].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL14995 ♂, Port Darwin, NT (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 4 specimens, Port Darwin, NT
Comment: Butler in the original description indicated that he described six specimens; De Baar & Hancock listed four remaining syntypes in BMNH but their sex was not stated. - Elodina baudiniana Butler, A.G. 1898. Descriptions of some new species of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 1: 294-296 [294].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL14996 ♀, Baudin Is., WA (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL14996 ♂ (sent to AM from BMNH in exchange), Baudin Is., WA; BMNH 12 sex not stated; BMNH 12 specimens, sex unstated, Baudin Is., WA
Comment: Butler in the original description indicated that he had 14 specimens; these were mentioned by De Baar & Hancock.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [143]
- Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Capparis sepiaria L. [CAPPARACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [279] (as Elodina perdita walkeri Butler, 1898, biology, description, distribution)
De Baar, M. & Hancock, D.L. 1993. The Australian species of Elodina C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Australian Entomological Magazine 20(1): 25-43 [30] (revised status of Elodina perdita walkeri Butler, 1898 and Elodina perdita tongura Tindale, 1923, reinstated to specific rank, biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Catalogue of the Rhopalocera of Australia. Memoirs of the NSW Naturalists' Club No. 1. iii 49 pp. [33] (considered Elodina walkeri Butler, 1898 and Elodina baudiniana Butler, 1898 were subspecies of Elodina perdita Miskin, 1889)
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] [143] (as Elodina perdita walkeri Butler, 1898, 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 |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 11-Mar-2015 | 11-Mar-2015 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |