Species Acrodipsas arcana (Miller & Edwards, 1978)

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• Pseudodipsas arcana Miller, C.G. & Edwards, E.D. 1978. A new species of Pseudodipsas C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from northern New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 5(3): 45-50 [45].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 3286 ♂ (Edwards & Miller designated a holotype), 24 km W of Grafton, NSW (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, 24 km W of Grafton, NSW; CGM 14♂ 4♀, 24 km W of Grafton, NSW; IGM 2♂, 24 km W of Grafton, NSW; RFC 1♂, 24 kn W of Grafton, NSW; JDC 2♂, 24 kn W of Grafton, NSW.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known from Mt Moffatt, Leyburn, and Isla Gorge, QLD, and 24 km W of Grafton, NSW.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: unknown.

Extra Ecological Information

Larval food/attendant ants not recorded.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [430] (distribution, identification)

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Lycaenidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 3 336-512 pp. [340] (distribution)

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249-254, 360-363 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. [249]

Sands, D.P.A., Miller, C.G. & Kerr, J.F.R. 1997. A new species of Acrodipsas Sands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from inland New South Wales and southern Queensland. Australian Journal of Entomology 36: 19-23 [22]

 

History of changes

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28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
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