Species Appias ada (Stoll, 1781)
Orange Albatross
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- 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] [147]
- Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [297]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Crateva religiosa G.Forst. [CAPPARACEAE]).
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Appias ada ada (Stoll, 1781)
Papilio ada Stoll, C. in Cramer, P. 1781. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Vol. 4(29–31). Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild. pp. 91–164 pls 337–372 [issued 1781, dated 1775-1790] [142 pl. 363 figs C, D] [issued 1781, dated 1775–1790, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Opinion 516. Determination under the plenary powers of the relative precedence to be assigned to certain works on the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta) published in 1775 by Pieter Cramer, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller, Johann Christian Fabricius, Johann Casper Fuessly, and S.A. von Rottemburg respectively. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19: 1–44 [43]].
Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♂*; Stoll in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [292] (referred to a holotype without justification).
Type locality: Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia (as Amboine in original description).
General References
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 | |
05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Apr-2011 | 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
28-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
28-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |