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Species Cephrenes augiades (C. Felder, 1860)

Orange Palm-dart

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced into some major cities and towns in other areas of Australia; extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Oriental Region.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Archontophoenix alexandrae (F.Muell) H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE] Alexandra Palm; Livistona australis (R.Br.) Mart. [ARECACEAE] Cabbage Tree; Ptychosperma elegans (R.Br.) Blume [ARECACEAE] Elegant Palm; Licuala ramsayi (F.Muell.) Domin [ARECACEAE] Mission Beach Fan Palm; Arenga australasica (H.Wendl. & Drude) S.T.Blake ex H.E.Moore [ARECACEAE] Native Sugar Palm; Hydriastele wendlandiana (F.Muell.) H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE] Palm; Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE] Piccabeen Palm; Livistona decipiens Becc. [ARECACEAE]; Livistona drudei F.Muell. [ARECACEAE]; Livistona muelleri F.M.Bailey [ARECACEAE]; Laccospadix australasicus H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE]; Carpentaria acuminata Becc. [ARECACEAE]; Calamus moti F.M.Bailey [ARECACEAE]; Ptychosperma bleeseri Burret [ARECACEAE]; Ptychosperma macarthurii (H.Wendl. ex H.J.Veitch) H.Wendl. ex Hook.f. [ARECACEAE]; Rhopalostylis baueri H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE]; Wodyetia bifurcata A.K.Irvine [ARECACEAE]).

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Cephrenes augiades augiades (C. Felder, 1860)

Pamphila augiades Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus collustratae. I. Rhopalocera. 448–468 in Frauenfeld, G.R. Diagnosen einiger neuer Insecten und Untersuchung mehrerer Sandproben verschiedener Küstenpunkte gesammelt während der Reise Sr. Mag. Fregatte Novara. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 40(11): 447–468 [461].
Type data: lectotype BMNH *; Felder in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Subsequent designation: Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls [409] (referred to a type); 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 Evans' (1949) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality: Ambon (as Amboina), Maluku, Indonesia (designated in original description).

 

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
06-Sep-2017 HESPERIIDAE 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Lyn Randall
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011 05-Apr-2011 MOVED
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED