Species Cephrenes trichopepla (Lower, 1908)
Yellow Palm-dart
- Erynnis trichopepla Lower, O.B. 1908. Descriptions of new Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 311-317 [315].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂, Kuranda and Cooktown, QLD (given in original description).
Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀; SAMA unknown number and sex
Comment: Lower stated in the original description that he had six males and one female and also referred to types; Lower, O.B. 1908. Descriptions of new Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 311–317 [316] (incorrectly stated that the types were in the Waterhouse collection): Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112–172 (corrected earlier statement and said the types were in the Lower collection).Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Australian Hesperiidae. IV. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58(5–6): 461-466 [61] (incorrectly gave Mackay, QLD, as the type locality); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [124] (incorrectly repeated that Mackay, QLD, is the type locality).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced in some towns and palm populations in WA and the NT; extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), 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; Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (H.Wendl.) H.Wendl. & Drude [ARECACEAE] Piccabeen Palm; Wodyetia bifurcata A.K.Irvine [ARECACEAE]; Livistona benthamii F.M.Bailey [ARECACEAE]; Livistona nitida A.N.Rodd [ARECACEAE]; Livistona muelleri F.M.Bailey [ARECACEAE]; Livistona mariae F.Muell. [ARECACEAE]; Livistona drudei F.Muell. [ARECACEAE]; Livistona decipiens Becc. [ARECACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Larval food plants all native Australian palms.
General References
Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [161] (as Corone trichopepla (Lower, 1908), discussed differences from the Indian species Cephrenes palmarum (Moore, 1878))
Lyonns, K.A. 1999. The Palm Darts, Cephrenes augiades and C. trichopepla (Hesperiidae). pp. 105-114 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [105] (biology)
History of changes
| 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 |