Species Catopsilia scylla (Linnaeus, 1763)
Orange Migrant
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Fiji, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Oriental Region.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
- Fiji
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Oriental Region
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Senna leptoclada (Benth.) Randell [FABACEAE]; Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]; Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby [FABACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Senna surattensis is introduced.
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Catopsilia scylla scylla (Linnaeus, 1763)
Papilio scylla Linnaeus, C. 1763. Centuria Insectorum, Proposuit Boas Johansson. In, Amoenitates Academicae. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae Vol. 6(121). 384–415 pp. [404].
Type data: lectotype LS ♂*; Linnaeus in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Corbet, A.S. 1949. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 7. Summary of determinations. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 18: 191–199 [198] (type information, discussed the type locality confirming Java, and gave the sex of the type specimen).
Subsequent designation: Corbet, A.S. 1941. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pts 1, 2. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10: 8–27 [23] (referred to a type and stated that it was in the Linnaean collection); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (interpret Corbet's (1941) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality: Java, Indonesia (designated in original description); Corbet, A.S. 1942. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 3. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 11: 91–94 [92, 93] (confirmed Java as the type locality); Corbet, A.S. 1949. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 7. Summary of determinations. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 18: 191–199 [198] (confirmed Java as the type locality).
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |