Subspecies Argynnis hyperbius inconstans Butler, 1873

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• Argynnis inconstans Butler, A.G. 1873. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1(7): 151-177 [164].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH Rh8258 ♂, uncertain (Butler in the original descrition gave two localities Moreton Bay and Australia; Waterhouse (1936: 18) gave type locality as Moreton Bay, QLD); BMNH Rh8259 ♀, Australia
  Comment: Butler in the original description mentioned both sexes; Gabriel, A.G. 1927. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part III. Nymphalidae. London : British Museum 128 pp. [63] (listed male and female types); Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Satyridae, Nymphalidae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. [18] (label data of 'holotype'); 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. (Gabriel's (1927) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation).

  Type locality references:

  Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Satyridae, Nymphalidae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT.

 

Generic Combinations

• Argyreus inconstans (Butler, 1873).

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Argynnis hyperbius inconstans Butler, 1873 [Simonsen (2006), in a detailed phylogenetic analysis of the fritillaries (Argynnini) based on morphological characters, revised the higher classification of the tribe and treated the genus Argyreus Scolopi, 1777, as a subgenus of Argynnis Fabricius, 1807 sensu lato]. —
  Simonsen, T.J. 2006. Fritillary phylogeny, classification, and larval host plants: reconstructed mainly on the basis of male and female genitalic morphology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Argynnini). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89: 627-673

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

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. [387] (biology)

Johnston, L.M. & Johnston, D.R. 1984. Further observations on the life history of Argynnis hyperbius inconstans Butler (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in captivity. Australian Entomological Magazine 11(4–5): 75-78 [75]

Lambkin, T.A. & Lambkin, K.J. 1977. Observations on the life history of Argynnis hyperbius inconstans Butler (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 4(1): 13-16 [13]

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] [65] (description, distribution)

 

History of changes

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