Subspecies Cyprotides cyprotus lucidus Braby, 2023

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• Cyprotides cyprotus lucidus Braby, M.F. 2023. Review of the Australian butterfly genus Cyprotides Tite, 1963 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with descriptions of three new taxa. Austral Entomology 62: 15-48 [27].
  Zoobank Registration Number:7868898ACF9A-4B9B-8D0B-A1A7D0A2ABBA

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC no reg. number given ♂ (5 OCT. 1975, D.F. Crosby), 29 M N Yanac, Big Desert, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ANIC numerous, various locations across semi-arid zone of southern Australia.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Grevillea huegelii Meisn. [PROTEACEAE]), herbivore (associated flora: Grevillea bracteosa Meisn. [PROTEACEAE]), herbivore (associated flora: Hakea leucoptera R.Br. [PROTEACEAE]).

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	PAPILIONOIDEA	01-Jan-2024	ADDED	Dr Michael Braby