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Species Croitana croites (Hewitson, 1874)

Croites Skipper, Yellow Sand-skipper

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Austrostipa elegantissima (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett [POACEAE] Elegant Spear-grass; Austrostipa platychaeta (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett [POACEAE]; Austrostipa flavescens (Labill.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett [POACEAE]).

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [133] (mentioned Croitana croites pindar (Waterhouse, 1932), but subspecific status not recognised)

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [185] (mentioned Croitana croites pindar (Waterhouse, 1932), but subspecific status not recognised)

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Hesperiidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 2 197-335 pp. [241] (gave opinion on variation and taxonomic status)

Edwards, E.D. 1979. Two new species of Croitana Waterhouse (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from central Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 6(2): 29-37 [29] (provided a key to the Croitana Waterhouse, 1932 species, croites, aestiva and arenaria, described each species in detail, discussed type locality of croites)

Graham, A.J. 1988. The life history of a semi-arid population of Croitana croites (Hewitson), (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Trapezitinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 15(4): 123-126 [123]

Meyrick, E. & Lower, O. 1902. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26(2): 38-129 [88] (as Trapezites croites (Hewitson, [1874]), redescription of female type in BMNH)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Catalogue of the Rhopalocera of Australia. Memoirs of the NSW Naturalists' Club No. 1. iii 49 pp. [45] (as Mesodina croites (Hewitson), recommended that the type be 're-described and re-figured')

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3–4): 218-238 [222] (designation of a subspecies Mesodina croites pindar Waterhouse, 1932)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. New genera of Australian Hesperiidae and a new subspecies. The Australian Zoologist 7(3): 198-201 [199] (designation of new genus Croitana Waterhouse, 1932)

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 [117] (referred to 'a very worn male from Hermannsburg, Central Australia' in BMNH, suggested that it belonged to Croitana croites pindar (Waterhouse, 1932))

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] [180] (redescribed from a male collected at Carnarvon, WA, and from a coloured drawing of the type in the BMNH, referred to specimens taken at Pindar, WA, and noted differences)

 

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-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
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