Species Cethosia penthesilea (Cramer, 1777)
Orange Lacewing
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- 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] [62]
- 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] [87]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Sumba, West Timor, Java), East Timor, absent from Maluku and New Guinea.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- East Timor
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
- Java
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. [PASSIFLORACEAE]).
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Cethosia penthesilea penthesilea (Cramer, 1777)
Papilio penthesilea Cramer, P. 1777. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 2 1–152 pls 92–192 pp. [issued 1777, dated 1775-1790] [78 pl. 145 figs B, C] [issued 1777, dated 1775–1790, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Opinion 516. Determination under the plenary powers of the relative precedence to be assigned to certain works on the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta) published in 1775 by Pieter Cramer, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller, Johann Christian Fabricius, Johann Casper Fuessly, and S.A. von Rottemburg respectively. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19: 1–44 [7]].
Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown sex unknown*; Cramer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Type locality: Jakarta, Indonesia (as Batavia, Java in original description).
General References
Roepke, W.K.L. 1938. Rhopalocera Javanica, geïllustreerd overzicht der Dagvlinders van Java. Pt 3 pp. 235–362 pls 26–30. [257] (taxonomy)
Stichel, H. 1938. Familia Nymphalidae I. Subfamilies: Dioninae, Anetiinae, Apaturinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 86. 1-374 pp. [130] (bibliography)
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 |
| 04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |