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Subspecies Argynnina hobartia tasmanica (Lyell, 1900)

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Subspecies Argynnina hobartia tasmanica (Lyell, 1900)

Xenica tasmanica Lyell, G. 1900. Description of a new Australian butterfly Xenica tasmanica. Victorian Naturalist 17(6): 110-112 pl. 1 [110].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL01546 ♂, Strahan, TAS (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL01547 1♀, Strahan, TAS; whereabouts unknown 10 specimens ?♂
Comment: Lyell in the original description mentioned 12 specimens including both sexes.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

W and SW TAS below 900 m.

Australian Endemic.

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)

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

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IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [333] (biology)

Couchman, L.E. 1948. Notes on the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 2(2): 93-96 [93] (biology)

Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33 [25]

Couchman, L.E. & Couchman, R. 1977. The butterflies of Tasmania. Tasmanian Year Book No. 11. pp. 66–96. [83] (biology)

Prince, G.B. 1988. The Habitat Requirements and Conservation Status of Tasmanian Endemic Butterflies. Report to the Tasmanian Department of Lands, Parks and Wildlife. 1-70 pp. [3, 10]

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] [120]

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] [41] (as Argynnina tasmanica Lyell, 1900, description, distribution)

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)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		05-Apr-2011	MOVED