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Species Bindahara phocides (Fabricius, 1793)

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Species Bindahara phocides (Fabricius, 1793)

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Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

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

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
  • Indonesia
    • Aru Islands
    • Irian Jaya
    • Kei Islands
    • Maluku
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Salacia chinensis L. [CELASTRACEAE] Lolly Berries; Salacia disepala (C.T.White) Ding Hou [CELASTRACEAE]; Celastrus subspicata Hook. [CELASTRACEAE]).

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Bindahara phocides phocides (Fabricius, 1793)

Hesperia phocides Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Impensis C. G. Proft, Fil et Soc. [butterfly section] Vol. 3(1) iv 488 pp. [282].
Type data: holotype BMNH ♀*; Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; described from the Banks collection; Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [562] (listed a single female in the Banks collection and this is accepted as evidence for a holotype); Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. Entomologist 56: 204–209 [207] (referred to a type); Corbet, A.S. 1941. Observations on certain of the Fabrician names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera (Lepid.). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10(6): 98–106 [102] (referred to a type); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [411] referred to a holotype).
Type locality: Africa (in original description, clearly erroneous), see Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. Entomologist 56: 204–209 [207] (discussed the type locality suggesting that Borneo was the most likely); Corbet, A.S. 1941. Observations on certain of the Fabrician names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera (Lepid.). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10(6): 98–106 [102] (discussed the type locality, recommended that Pulau Salang should be considered as the type locality).

 

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 LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 LYCAENIDAE 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED