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Species Anthene lycaenoides (C. Felder, 1860)

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Species Anthene lycaenoides (C. Felder, 1860)

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Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Kei Islands, Maluku), Papua New Guinea.


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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal
  • Indonesia
    • Irian Jaya
    • Kei Islands
    • Maluku
  • Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Tamarind; Senna alata (L.) Roxb. [CAESALPINIACEAE] Candlebush; Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. [CAESALPINIACEAE] Grey-nicker; Dendrolobium umbellatum (L.) Benth. [FABACEAE] Horse Bush; Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre [FABACEAE] Pongamia Tree; Cassia auriculata L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Cassia fistula L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]; Calliandra houstoniana Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]; Calliandra surinamensis Benth. [MIMOSACEAE]; Ryssopterys timoriensis (DC.) A.Juss. [MALPIGHIACEAE]; Caesalpinia mexicana A.Gray [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Briedelia tomentosa Blume [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Senna gaudichaudii (Hook. & Arn.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]; Caesalpinia crista L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Flagellaria indica L. [FLAGELLARIACEAE]; Clerodendrum sp. [VERBENACEAE]; Faradaya splendida F.Muell. [VERBENACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced plants include Caesalpinia mexicana, Cassia auriculata, C. fistula, Senna surattensis (Caesalpiniaceae), Calliandra houstoniana, C. surinamensis (Mimosaceae), Litchi chinensis (Sapindaceae).

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Anthene lycaenoides lycaenoides (C. Felder, 1860)

Dipsas lycaenoides Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus collustratae. I. Rhopalocera. 448–468 in Frauenfeld, G.R. Diagnosen einiger neuer Insecten und Untersuchung mehrerer Sandproben verschiedener Küstenpunkte gesammelt während der Reise Sr. Mag. Fregatte Novara. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 40(11): 447–468 [454].
Type data: lectotype BMNH ♂*; Felder in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Subsequent designation: Tite, G.E. 1966. A revision of the genus Anthene from the Oriental region (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 18: 253–275 [270] (referred to a type); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [414] (referred to a holotype and 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 Tite's (1966) incorrect reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia (as Amboina, Moluccas, Indonesia in original description).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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
04-Jun-2020 LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 LYCAENIDAE 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED