Species Anisynta tillyardi Waterhouse & Lyell, 1912
Chequered Grass-skipper, Tillyard's Skipper
- Anisynta tillyardi Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1912. Descriptions of and notes on some Australian Hesperidae. Victorian Naturalist 28(12): 223-228 [223].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL09957 ♂, Ebor, NSW (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL09958 1♀, Ebor, NSW; AM KL09959 1♂; AM KL09960 29♂ 7♀
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned 60 males and 25 females.Subsequent designation references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [114] (referred to a holotype); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [10] (gave type information); 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 Waterhouse's (1937) reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Bunya Mountains, QLD, to Mt Allyn, Barrington Tops National Park, NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Poa labillardieri Steudel [POACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Adults recorded December to March.
General References
Atkins, A.F. 1975. The life history of Anisynta tillyardi Waterhouse & Lyell (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Trapezitinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 2(4): 72-75 [72] (biology)
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [126] (biology)
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] [187] (description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 | ||
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