Subspecies Anthene lycaenoides godeffroyi (Semper, 1879)
Pale Ciliate Blue
- Lycaenesthes godeffroyi Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg V(14): 138-194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] [165].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MGH ♀, Bowen and Cooktown, QLD (in original description)
Comment: Semper in the original description mentioned two females, and that the other female was in the Staudinger collection; Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(1): 112–121 pls 11, 12 [119] (stated that the type specimens were in the Godeffroy Museum but he used the plural types). - Lycaenesthes turneri Miskin, W.H. 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(1): 29-43 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [39].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM T12422 ♂, Cape York, Cardwell and Mackay, QLD (listed in original description); QM T12423 ♀; QM T12424 1♂; QM T12425 1♀
Comment: Miskin in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described but three localities were mentioned; Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519–528 [525] (located four syntypes in the QM and gave type information).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Catalogue of the Rhopalocera of Australia. Memoirs of the NSW Naturalists' Club No. 1. iii 49 pp. [24]
- 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 [Date published 21 Sept. 1966] [270]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
"Several observed" on Torres Strait islands.
Australian Endemic.
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
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
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 [Date published 21 Sept. 1966] [270]
Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [199]
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [161]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 18-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 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) |