Species Charaxes latona Butler, 1865
Orange Emperor
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- D'Abrera, B. 1990. Butterflies of the Australian Region. Melbourne : Hill House 416 pp. [Date published 31-Dec-90] [247]
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [245]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Cryptocarya triplinervis R.Br. [LAURACEAE]).
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Charaxes latona latona Butler, 1865
Charaxes latona Butler, A.G. 1865. Monograph of the species of Charaxes, a genus of diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 622–639 pls 36–37 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [631 pl. 37 fig. 1] [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84].
Type data: lectotype BMNH Rh10538 ♀*; Butler in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Subsequent designation: Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1900. A monograph of the Charaxes and the allied prionopterous genera. Novitates Zoologicae 7(3): 281–524 pls 6–10 [299] (referred to a type); Gabriel, A.G. 1927. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part III. Nymphalidae. London : British Museum 128 pp. [71] (type information, listed a single type in the BMNH); 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 Rothschild & Jordan's (1900) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality: Northern Maluku, possibly Halmahera (Butler erroneously gave Timor in original description), see Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1900. A monograph of the Charaxes and the allied prionopterous genera. Novitates Zoologicae 7(3): 281–524 pls 6–10 [299] (stated that the type was identical to specimens from Halmahera and discussed the BMNH register information).
General References
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [574] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)
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 |