Species Candalides heathi (Cox, 1873)

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Species Candalides heathi (Cox, 1873)

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Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 14(5): 197-259 4 pls [221]
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [540]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Westringia fruticosa (Willd.) Druce [LAMIACEAE] Costal Rosemary; Derwentia derwentiana (Andrews) B.G.Briggs & Ehrend. [PLANTAGINACEAE] Derwent Speedwell; Derwentia perfoliata (R.Br.) Raf. [PLANTAGINACEAE] Digger's Speedwell; Eremophila longifolia (R.Br.) F.Muell. [SCROPHULARIACEAE] Emubush; Eremophila deserti (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Chinnock [SCROPHULARIACEAE] Turkish Bush; Westringia rigida R.Br. [LAMIACEAE]; Prostanthera nivea Benth. [LAMIACEAE]; Myoporum parvifolium R.Br. [MYOPORACEAE]; Plantago sp. [PLANTAGINACEAE]; Plantago lanceolata L. [PLANTAGINACEAE]; Pimelea sp. [THYMELAEACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) is introduced.

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [540]

Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp. [240]

Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 14(5): 197-259 4 pls [221]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [178]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1928. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 401-412, pl. 25 [402]

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] [78]

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
02-Feb-2018	Candalidini	20-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
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

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