Subspecies Arhopala wildei wildei Miskin, 1891

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• Arhopala wildei Miskin, W.H. 1891. A synonymical catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Butterflies) of Australia with full bibliographical reference: including descriptions of some new species. Annals of the Queensland Museum 1: [i]-xx 1-[93] [i]-ix [71] [the name cupido Bethune-Baker is often cited as a synonym but it was a name first introduced in synonymy and never validated].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM T12381 1♂, Cairns, QLD (designated in original description); QM T12382 1♀
  Comment: Miskin in the original description mentioned both sexes but not a type.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: mymecophagous (host(s): Polyrhachis queenslandica Emery, 1895 [FORMICIDAE]), myrmecophagous.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [467]

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Lycaenidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 3 336-512 pp. [359]

Eastwood, R.G. & King, A.J. 1998. Observations on the biology of Arhopala wildei Miskin (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and its host ant Polyrhachis queenslandica Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Entomologist 25: 1-6 [1] (biology)

Evans, W.H. 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of Oriental Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 5(3): 85-141 [108]

King, A.J. & Ring, L.R. 1996. The life history of Arhopala wildei wildei Miskin (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist 23: 117-120 [117] (biology)

 

History of changes

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
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)