Species Allora major (Rothschild, 1915)
Greater Peacock Awl
- Hasora doleschallii major Rothschild, L.W. 1915. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. Macrolepidoptera. Part 1. London : Hazell, Watson & Viney pp. 1-168. [41] [incorrect spelling as Hasora doleschalii major].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Jaya Peak (as Carstensz Peak), 1525–3500 m (5000–10000 ft), Irian Jaya (as Dutch New Guinea; designated in original description)
Comment: Rothschild stated in the original description that he had four specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [55] (referred to a type); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [147] (referred to a holotype); 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. (interpret Evans' (1949) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Claudie River valley, Iron Range, QLD.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
Closed forest, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larval food plants not recorded in Australia, but on mainland New Guinea females lay eggs and larvae feed on Corynocarpus cribbianus (Corynocarpaceae), a species that also occurs in northern QLD.
General References
Sands, D.P.A. & Kerr, J.F.R. 1978. Allora major (Rothschild) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): a butterfly recognised in Australia for the first time. Australian Entomological Magazine 4(5): 95-96 [95]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |