Subspecies Danaus affinis gelanor (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)

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Subspecies Danaus affinis gelanor (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)

Danaida ferruginea gelanor 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] [17 pl. 1 fig. 7].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL00030 ♂, Darnley Is., Torres Strait, QLD (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL00031 ♂, Darnley Is., QLD; whereabouts unknown 3♂
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned four males and one female Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [19] (referred to a male incorrectly labelled as allotype female).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Occurs on the islands of Torres Strait.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [305] (as Danaus philene gelanor Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914, description, distribution)

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Nymphalidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 4 513-660 pp. [516]

Edgar, J.A. 1982. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids sequestered by Solomon Island Danaine butterflies. The feeding preferences of the Danainae and Ithomiinae. Journal of Zoology, London 196: 385-399 [393] (suggested Danaus philene and Danaus affinis are conspecific, included bibliography)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
05-Mar-2013	05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012	30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
	05-Apr-2011	MOVED

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