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Species Arhopala micale Blanchard, 1848

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Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands, Maluku), Papua New Guinea.


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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Indonesia
    • Aru Islands
    • Irian Jaya
    • Kei Islands
    • Maluku
  • Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Tamarind; Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey [EUPHORBIACEAE] Buttonwood; Syzygium tierneyanum (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley & L.M.Perry [MYRTACEAE] Creek Satinash; Buchanania arborescens (Blume) Blume [ANACARDIACEAE] Satinwood; Ristantia pachysperma (F.M.Bailey) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Sour Hardwood; Syzygium cormiflorum (F.Muell.) B.Hyland [MYRTACEAE] Watergum; Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. [LYTHRACEAE]; Cordia dichotoma G.Forst. [BORAGINACEAE]; Parinari nonda Benth. [CHRYSOBALANACEAE]; Calophyllum inophyllum L. [CLUSIACEAE]; Terminalia muelleri Benth. [COMBRETACEAE]; Cryptocarya hypospodia F.Muell. [LAURACEAE]; Hibiscus tiliaceus L. [MALVACEAE]; Xylocarpus moluccensis M.Roem. [MELIACEAE]; Acmena sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Syzygium sp. aff. erythrocalyx [MYRTACEAE]; Heritiera littoralis Aiton [STERCULIACEAE]; Faradaya splendida F.Muell. [VERBENACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae) is introduced.

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Arhopala micale micale Blanchard, 1848

Arhopala micale Blanchard, C.E. 1848. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1838–1839–1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville, Capitaine de vaisseau; publié par ordre du Gouvernement, sous la direction supérieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de vaisseau, commandant de la Zélée. Zoologie. Description des Insectes. Atlas. Paris : E. Thunot 25 pls (3 pls butterflies). [pl. 3 figs 11, 12] [this name has been attributed to Boisduval by Australian authors following Evans (1957); it was illustrated on the same plate as Thecla chlorinda Blanchard in [1848] and described on the preceding page but one in 1853 also by Blanchard; the title page of the zoology section of the original publication gave no evidence of authorship by Boisduval but authorship was attributed to Blanchard; in the early Australian literature the species was mentioned by Miskin, W.H. (1874). Note on "A catalogue of the described diurnal Lepidoptera of Australia" by Mr George Masters, of the Sydney Museum. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1874: 241–246, and correctly attributed to Blanchard].
Type data: syntypes whereabouts unknown *; Blanchard in the original illustrations did not indicate the number of specimens depicted but he did give a range in size implying there were more than one; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [391] (referred unjustifiably to a holotype).
Type locality: New Guinea (designated in original description).

 

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 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 LYCAENIDAE 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED