Species Toxidia andersoni (Kirby, 1893)
Anderson's Skipper, Southern Grass-skipper
- Trapezites andersoni Kirby, W.F. 1893. Descriptions of new Australian Hesperiidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 12: 434-438 [434].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, the Dandenong district, VIC (Kirby in the introduction to his paper gave Victoria; Anderson & Spry, who sent Kirby the holotype, stated that their specimens came from the Dandenong district)
Comment: Kirby in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described but the description and the comment 'antennae wanting' are consistent with a single specimen; Anderson, E. & Spry, F.P. 1894. Victorian Butterflies and How to Collect Them. Part 2. Melbourne : H. Hearne & Co. 79–129 pp. [118] (said that they submitted a specimen to Kirby for description and this is evidence that Kirby had one specimen); 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 [220] (location of the type specimen).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
From Cunninghams Gap, QLD, including Great Barrier Reef islands, to Melbourne, VIC.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Poa queenslandica C.E.Hubb [POACEAE]; Tetrarrhena juncea R.Br. [POACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [142] (biology)
Crosby, D.F. 1973. Life history of the butterfly Toxidia andersoni (Kirby) (Lepidoptera: Hesperidae). Victorian Entomologist 3(2): 5-11 [5] (interpretation of F.E. Wilson's 1949 unpublished data and photographs)
McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : Nelson xxxi 206 pp. [163] (notes, new combination, transferred from Hesperilla to Toxidia)
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] [189] (as Hesperilla andersoni, description)
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 | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |