Species Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)
Lemon Migrant
- Papilio pomona Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [479] [Melville, R.V. & Smith, J.D.D. (eds) 1987. Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. London : International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 366 pp. [314] gave the date of publication of Fabricius' book as 17 April 1775; the name is therefore senior to crocale Cramer; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [276] treated these names as if they had been published simultaneously; Edwards, Newland & Regan (2001) state that Parsons was in error treating names as if published simultaneously].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Cooktown, QLD (as nova Hollandia in original description).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [513] (indicated that there were two females in the Banks collection); Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp. [23] (nature of type specimens).Type locality references:
Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209 [205] (gave the type locality as Cooktown, QLD); Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp.; Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Jones' Icones (Lepidoptera). With footnotes and appendix by Sir Edward B. Poulton. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 13(1–3): 9-17 [10] (considered that the type locality was Endeavour River, Cooktown, QLD); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp.; Yata, O. 1985. Part 1 : Pieridae. pp. 206-438 in Tsukada, E. (ed.). Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. II. Japan : Plapac 1-623 pls 1-162. [262] (incorrectly gave the type locality as India); Edwards, E.D. 1996. Pieridae. pp. 240-242, 358-359 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [358] (was mislead by Yata's type locality and incorrectly indicated that Australian specimens, if a subspecific name were appropriate, would belong to endeer Boisduval). - Papilio crocale Cramer, P. 1775. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 1(1–7) 1-132 pls 1-84. [issued 1775, dated 1775–1790] [87 pl. 55 figs C, D] [Melville, R.V. & Smith, J.D.D. (eds) 1987. Official Lists and Indexes of Names and Works in Zoology. London : International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 366 pp. [313] gave the date of publication of this page and plate of Cramer's work as [31 December] 1775; the name is therefore junior to pomona Fabricius].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀ number of specimens unknown, East Indies (as Indes Orientales in original description)
Comment: Cramer in the original publication did not indicate the number of specimens illustrated but upper and under sides were included. - Papilio jugurtha Cramer, P. 1777. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 2 1-152 pls 92-192. [issued 1777, dated 1775–1790] [138 pl. 187 figs E, F].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, Coramandel Coast, India (designated in original description)
Comment: Cramer in the original publication did not indicate the number of specimens illustrated. - Papilio nigropunctatus Goeze, J.A.E. 1779. Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linne zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Leipzig : Weidmanns Erben und Reich Vol. 3(1) 40 390 pp. [185].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown number unknown, America (as Americes in original publication; locality must be erroneous)
Comment: Goeze based his description on illustrations by Seba, A. 1765. Description Exacte des Principales Curiositez Naturelles du Magnifique Cabinet d'Albert Seba Order: Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri Accurata Descriptio et Iconibus Artificiosissimis Expressio per Universam Physices Historiam. Amsterdam : H.C. Arksteum et H. Merkum et Petrum Schouten 4 pp. pl. 43 figs 1–2 pl. 44 figs 1 and 2; number of specimens not indicated. - Papilio catilla Cramer, P. 1779. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 3(17–21) 1-104 pls 193-252. [issued 1779, dated 1775–1790] [63 pl. 229 figs D, E].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, Surinam (given incorrectly in original description)
Comment: Cramer in the original publication did not indicate the number of specimens illustrated. - Papilio hilaria Stoll, C. in Cramer, P. 1781. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Vol. 4(29–31). Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild. pp. 91-164 pls 337-372 [issued 1781, dated 1775-1790] [95 pl. 339 figs A, B].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, Coromandel Coast, India (designated in original description)
Comment: Stoll did not indicate the number of specimens illustrated in the original publication. - Papilio lalage Herbst, J.F.W. 1792. Schmetterlinge. 5. 230 pp. 37 pls in Jablonsky, C.G. (ed.). Natursystem Aller Bekannten in- und Ausländischen Insekten als eine Fortsezzung der von Büffonschen Naturegeschichte. Nach dem System des Ritter C. von Linné Bearbeitet. Berlin : Pauli Vol. 5 230 pp. [issued 1792, dated 1788-1804] [163 pl. 106 figs 1, 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, East India (designated in original description)
Comment: Herbst in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Kirby, W.F. 1871. A Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera. London : John van Voorst [vii] 690 pp. [798] (indicated that the species was described from male(s); Talbot, G. 1935. Familia Pieridae III. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 66 pp. 385–697. [498] (also indicated that male(s) were originally described); 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. (the sex is evident from the illustrations).Type locality references:
Kirby, W.F. 1871. A Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera. London : John van Voorst viii 690 pp.; Talbot, G. 1935. Familia Pieridae III. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 66 pp. 385–697.; 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. - Papilio alcmeone Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Tom. 3(Pars 1) iv 487pp. [196] [Fabricius described a species and in the original description referred to Papilio alcmeone Cramer, [1777] on pl. 143, fig. E (misquoted it as pl. 141); Wallace, A.R. 1867. On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian regions. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4(3): 301–406 pls 6–9 [400] dicussed this, concluding that Cramer's and Fabricius' species were different].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, Tranquebar (as Tranquebariae), India (this was the locality given by Fabricius; Cramer's different material came from Coromandel Coast, India)
Comment: originally described from Fabrician specimens and Cramer's figure of another species. - Papilio titania Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [428].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMK 1, sex unknown, East India (as India orientali in original description); ZMUC 3, sex unknown, East India (as India orientali in original description)
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [581] (referred to a specimen at Kiel); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [581] (mentioned three specimens at Copenhagen). - Colias jugurthina Godart, J.B. 1819. Zoologie. Vol. 9 Pt 1 pp. 13–328 in Latreille, P.A. & Godart, J.B. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Paris. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1906. On the dates of publication of the natural history portions of the Encyclopédie Méthodique. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 17: 577–582; Cowan, C.F. 1968. [publication dates] Enc. Méth. 9. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 4(7): 307–311, 390 [310]; Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1899. On the dates of the Encyclopédie Méthodique: additional note. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899(3): 595] [96].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Bengal and the Coromandel Coast, India (designated in original description)
Comment: Godart in the original description indicated that he had several specimens by giving two localities. - Callidryas endeer Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [63 pl. 2 figs 3, 4].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, Australia (as Nouvelle Hollande in original description)
Comment: Boisduval in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described. - Callidryas phlegeus Wallace, A.R. 1867. On the Pieridae of the Indian and Australian regions. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4(3): 301-406 pls 6-9 [401].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, Timor, Indonesia (designated in original description)
Comment: Wallace in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; the types were originally in the Wallace collection. - Callidryas flava Butler, A.G. 1869. Descriptions of three new species of Callidryas. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 4: 202-203 [202].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Maluku, Indonesia
Comment: Butler indicated in the original description that he had both sexes. - Catopsilia heera Swinhoe, C. 1885. On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Decan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885(1): 124-148 pl. 9 [publication date] [140].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, Belgaum and Poona, India (in original description)
Comment: Swinhoe in the original description mentioned both sexes. - Catopsilia crocale flavescens Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [162 pl. 69 fig. c1] [Seitz, A. 1927. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [List]. pp. 1121–1136 in Seitz, A. (ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1936. The contents of the parts and the dates of appearance of Seitz' Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World), Lieferungen 1 to 130 Palaearctic and 1 to 575 exotic. Vols 1 to 16, 1907–1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(10): 243–279] [1134] correction to pl. 69, fig. c1; figure of Catopsilia crocale flavescens incorrectly labelled Catopsilia crocale male].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, unknown (no type locality given in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description implied that he had many specimens; syntypes originally in Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia crocale latilimbata Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163 pl. 69 fig. c2] [Seitz, A. 1927. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [List]. pp. 1121–1136 in Seitz, A. (ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1936. The contents of the parts and the dates of appearance of Seitz' Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World), Lieferungen 1 to 130 Palaearctic and 1 to 575 exotic. Vols 1 to 16, 1907–1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(10): 243–279] [1134] correction to pl. 69, fig. c2; Catopsilia crocale latilimbata incorrectly labelled Catopsilia crocale female].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Java, Indonesia (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description implied that he had many specimens; syntypes originally in Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia crocale celebica Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163 pls 68, 69].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Sulawesi (as Celebes) (implied in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer originally illustrated three females; types originally in the Fruhstorfer collection.Type locality references:
Talbot, G. 1935. Familia Pieridae III. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 66 pp. 385–697. [500] (recorded Celebes as type locality). - Catopsilia crocale ostentata Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163 pl. 69 figs a1-a3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Sulawesi (as Celebes) (implied in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; type(s) originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia crocale micromalayana Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, Lesser Sunda Ils, Indonesia (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description indicated that he described both sexes; types originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia crocale rivalis Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163 pl. 68 fig. d4] [Seitz, A. 1927. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [List]. pp. 1121–1136 in Seitz, A. (ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1936. The contents of the parts and the dates of appearance of Seitz' Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World), Lieferungen 1 to 130 Palaearctic and 1 to 575 exotic. Vols 1 to 16, 1907–1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(10): 243–279] [1134] correction to pl. 68, fig. d4; Catopsilia crocale rivalis incorrectly labelled Catopsilia flava female].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (Fruhstorfer based the name on the illustration 68 d4 which is probably of a single specimen; type originally in the Fruhstorfer collection), unknown (Fruhstorfer did not indicate a type locality).Type locality references:
Talbot, G. 1935. Familia Pieridae III. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 66 pp. 385–697. [500] (recorded Moluccas as the type locality). - Catopsilia crocale crocalina Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163 pl. 68 fig. d5] [Seitz, A. 1927. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [List]. pp. 1121–1136 in Seitz, A. (ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1936. The contents of the parts and the dates of appearance of Seitz' Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World), Lieferungen 1 to 130 Palaearctic and 1 to 575 exotic. Vols 1 to 16, 1907–1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(10): 243–279] [1134] correction to pl. 68, fig. d5; Catopsilia crocale crocalina incorrectly labelled Catopsilia flava female].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (Fruhstorfer based the name on the illustration 68 d5 which is probably of a single specimen; type originally in the Fruhstorfer collection), unknown (Fruhstorfer gave no type locality). - Catopsilia pomona citronella Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Lesser Sunda Ils, Indonesia (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description implied that he had many specimens; types originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia pomona nivescens Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163 pl. 69 fig. b5] [Seitz, A. 1927. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [List]. pp. 1121–1136 in Seitz, A. (ed). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1936. The contents of the parts and the dates of appearance of Seitz' Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World), Lieferungen 1 to 130 Palaearctic and 1 to 575 exotic. Vols 1 to 16, 1907–1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(10): 243–279] [1134] correction to pl. 69 fig. b5; Catopsilia pomona nivescens incorrectly labelled Catopsilia pomona female].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Indo-Australian region (implied in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer did not indicate in the original description the number of specimens described; the type(s) were originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia pomona perspicua Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163 pl. 69 fig. b2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Maluku, Indonesia (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description indicated that he had both sexes; types originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia pomona serrata Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Java, Indonesia (indicated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description implied that he had many specimens; types originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia pomona aserrata Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Java, Indonesia (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description implied he had many specimens; type(s) originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia pomona bidotata Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Indo-Australian region (implied in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer implied in the original description that he had more than one specimen; type(s) originally in the Fruhstorfer collection, sex not stated. - Catopsilia pomona siscia Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Pieridae]. 119-190 pls 51-73 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [dated 1927] [163].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Indo-Australian region (implied in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description implied that he had several specimens; type(s) originally in the Fruhstorfer collection. - Catopsilia crocale dionysiades Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Neue Pieriden aus der Sammlung Staudinger des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. Entomologische Rundschau 28: 185-187 [186].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Insel Sangir (in original description, probably Sangihe Is., Indonesia)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; type(s) originally in the Staudinger collection. - Catopsilia pomona pura Lindner, E. 1924. Zur Formenkenntnis indischer Catopsilia-Arten. Entomologische Rundschau 41(1): 1-3 [2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 24♀, original description stated 'near Madras', India
Comment: Lindner in the original description indicated that he had 24 females. - Catopsilia pomona formosana Sonan, J. 1930. Notes on some butterflies from Formosa. [in Japanese]. Zephyrus 2(3): 165-176 [171 pl. 14 fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (Sonan designated a type), Taihoku, Taiwan (as Formosa in original description.
Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Takeyama and Taihoku, Taiwan. - Catopsilia florella ornata Dufrane, A. 1947. Pieridae. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 83: 46-73 [62].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (Dufrane designated a holotype), Sikkim given in original description.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Corbet, A.S. & Pendlebury, H.M. 1992. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Malayan Nature Society 595 pp. 69 pls. [97] (vague about the distribution of C. pomona pomona (Fabricius) but they effectively include all South-east Asian populations in the nominotypic subspecies)
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Pieridae. pp. 240-242, 358-359 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [240]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Maluku), New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Oriental Region.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Senna alata (L.) Roxb. [CAESALPINIACEAE] Candlebush; Cassia marksiana (F.M.Bailey) Domin [CAESALPINIACEAE] Cigar Cassia; Cassia tomentella (Benth.) Domin [CAESALPINIACEAE] Velvet Bean-tree; Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]; Cassia fistula L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Cassia brewsteri (F.Muell.) Benth. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Cassia javanica L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Senna coronilloides (Benth.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna magnifolia (F.Muell.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna odorata (R.Morris) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna pleurocarpa (F.Muell.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Cassia queenslandica C.T.White [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Senna venusta (F.Muell.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced plants include Cassia fistula, Senna didymobotrya, S. siamea (Caesalpiniaceae).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [267] (biology)
McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : Nelson xxxi 206 pp. [115] (biology)
Rienks, J.H. 1985. Phenotypic response to photoperiod and temperature in a tropical pierid butterfly. Australian Journal of Zoology 33(6): 837-847 [837] (Catopsilia pomona pomona (Fabricius, 1775), included references)
Rienks, J.H. 1999. The Lemon Migrant, Catopsilia pomona (Pieridae). pp. 135-142 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [135]
Smithers, C.N. 1983. Migration records in Australia. 4. Pieridae (Lepidoptera) other than Anaphaeis java teutonia (F.). Australian Entomological Magazine 10(4): 47-54 [47] (included references)
Talbot, G. 1935. Familia Pieridae III. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 66 pp. 385–697. [496] (type localities, bibliography, incorrect subsequent spelling of Catopsilia pomona siscia Fruhstorfer, 1910 as Catopsilia siseia)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [57] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Jones' Icones (Lepidoptera). With footnotes and appendix by Sir Edward B. Poulton. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 13(1–3): 9-17 [10] (discussed the illustration in Jones' Icones (1783–1818) of Papilio pomona Fabricius, 1775)
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] [150] (description, distribution)
Williams, C.B. 1930. The Migration of Butterflies. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd xi 473 pp. [77] (migration records from 1865 to 1927 for Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius) and Catopsilia crocale (Cramer))
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 | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
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