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Species Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)

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Species Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)

Laced Fritillary

  • Papillio hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution— Papua New Guinea, Oriental Region.


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

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Viola betonicifolia Sm. [VIOLACEAE]).

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763)

Papilio hyperbius Linnaeus, C. 1763. Centuria Insectorum, Proposuit Boas Johansson. In, Amoenitates Academicae. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae Vol. 6(121). 384–415 pp. [408] [Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Edition XII, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 Pt 2 1327 pp. (785) proposed the alternative name Papilio niphe as hyperbius had been used for a Satyrid species in 1764; Clerck, C. 1765. Icones Insectorum Rariorum. Vol. 3 (supplementary plates 4–10). (pl. 4, fig. 1) illustrated the type specimen as niphe; see Corbet, A.S. 1941. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pts 1, 2. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10: 8–27 [23] discussed history; Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Suppl. 9: 1–509 [293] discussed history of name].
Type data: lectotype LS ♀*; Linnaeus in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens he described.
Subsequent designation: Corbet, A.S. 1941. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pts 1, 2. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10: 8–27 [23] (referred to a type, discussed whereabouts of type specimen, designated the illustration by Clerck as the lectotype and stated that the specimen from which the illustration came was in the Linnaean collection); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [632] (referred to a holotype, gave sex and repository); 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. (accept Corbet's (1941) designation of lectotype (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality: Canton, China (China designated in original description), see Corbet, A.S. 1949. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 7. Summary of determinations. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 18: 191–199 [196, 199] (gave type locality as Canton, China).

 

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 NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
15-Jul-2011 15-Jul-2011 MOVED
15-Jul-2011 27-Apr-2011 MOVED
28-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED