Species Arhopala micale Blanchard, 1848

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arhopala amytis amydon Waterhouse, G.A. 1942. Notes on Australian butterflies in the Australian Museum. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 122-125 [125].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KL20368 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description mentioned a type), Murray Is., QLD (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) AM KL20368 2♂ 3♀, Murray Is., QLD
  Comment: Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [25] (type information).

  Type locality references:

  Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [25] (gave the label data of the holotype); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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.