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Species Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775)

Lemon Migrant

 

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Maluku), New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Oriental Region.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), 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), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Senna alata (L.) Roxb. [CAESALPINIACEAE] Candlebush; Cassia marksiana (F.M.Bailey) Domin [CAESALPINIACEAE] Cigar Cassia; Cassia tomentella (Benth.) Domin [CAESALPINIACEAE] Velvet Bean-tree; Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]; Cassia fistula L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Cassia brewsteri (F.Muell.) Benth. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Cassia javanica L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Senna coronilloides (Benth.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna magnifolia (F.Muell.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna odorata (R.Morris) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna pleurocarpa (F.Muell.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Cassia queenslandica C.T.White [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Senna venusta (F.Muell.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna siamea (Lam.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced plants include Cassia fistula, Senna didymobotrya, S. siamea (Caesalpiniaceae).

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [267] (biology)

Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp. [124] (biology)

McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : Nelson xxxi 206 pp. [115] (biology)

Rienks, J.H. 1985. Phenotypic response to photoperiod and temperature in a tropical pierid butterfly. Australian Journal of Zoology 33(6): 837-847 [837] (Catopsilia pomona pomona (Fabricius, 1775), included references)

Rienks, J.H. 1999. The Lemon Migrant, Catopsilia pomona (Pieridae). pp. 135-142 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [135]

Smithers, C.N. 1983. Migration records in Australia. 4. Pieridae (Lepidoptera) other than Anaphaeis java teutonia (F.). Australian Entomological Magazine 10(4): 47-54 [47] (included references)

Talbot, G. 1935. Familia Pieridae III. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 66 pp. 385–697. [496] (type localities, bibliography, incorrect subsequent spelling of Catopsilia pomona siscia Fruhstorfer, 1910 as Catopsilia siseia)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [57] (biology)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Jones' Icones (Lepidoptera). With footnotes and appendix by Sir Edward B. Poulton. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 13(1–3): 9-17 [10] (discussed the illustration in Jones' Icones (1783–1818) of Papilio pomona Fabricius, 1775)

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] [150] (description, distribution)

Williams, C.B. 1930. The Migration of Butterflies. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd xi 473 pp. [77] (migration records from 1865 to 1927 for Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius) and Catopsilia crocale (Cramer))

 

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
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
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