Species Acrodipsas arcana (Miller & Edwards, 1978)

Black-veined Ant-blue

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.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Mar-2013	05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012	30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012	28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)