Subspecies Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Banded Red-eye
- Casyapa critomedia sphinterifera Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 24(3–5): 58-104 [103].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Cape York, QLD (as Nord-Australien, Cape York in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cape York south to the McIlwraith Range, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob. [LAURACEAE] Bollywood; Commersonia bartramia (L.) Merr. [STERCULIACEAE] Brown Kurrajong; Annona reticulata L. [ANNONACEAE] Custard Apple; Neolitsea dealbata (R.Br.) Merr. [LAURACEAE] Hairy Leaved Bolly Gum; Annona muricata L. [ANNONACEAE] Soursop; Blepharocarya involucrigera F.Muell. [ANACARDIACEAE]; Cinnamomum oliveri F.M.Bailey [LAURACEAE]; Cryptocarya hypospodia F.Muell. [LAURACEAE]; Cryptocarya sp. [LAURACEAE]; Cryptocarya triplinervis R.Br. [LAURACEAE]; Endiandra glauca R.Br. [LAURACEAE]; Litsea leefeana F.Muell.) Merr. [LAURACEAE]; Litsea macrophyla Reinw. ex Blume [LAURACEAE]; Mallotus polyadenos F.Muell. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Neolitsea australiensis Kosterm. [LAURACEAE]; Syzygium bamagense B.Hyland [MYRTACEAE]).
Closed forest, coastal, tropical.
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced larval food plants are Annona muricata (Anonnaceae) and Annona reticulata (Anonnaceae), eggs are laid singly on the upper surface of mature leaves of food plant, larva builds silk-lined shelters from mature leaves and feeds at night, pupa in last larval shelter, adult emerges at dusk, flight behaviour unrecorded, probably seasonal, recorded July, November and January to May, special feature of the male, but absent in the female, is the narrow costal fold on the forewing.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [98] (biology)
Moulds, M.S. 1991. Extention to the known range of Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera (Fruhstorfer) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 18(1): 42 [42]
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [133] (treated as a full species)
Shepard, H.H. 1931. Familia Hesperidae: Subfamily Pyrginae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 47 pp. 1–144. [128] (incorrect subsequent spelling as sphintifera)
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] [219] (description)
Wood, G.A. 1985. The life history of Chaetocneme critomedia sphinterifera (Fruhstorfer) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(6): 84-86 [84] (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 |