Subspecies Danaus chrysippus cratippus (C. Felder, 1860)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Danais cratippus Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus collustratae. I. Rhopalocera. pp. 448-468 in Frauenfeld, G.R. (ed.). Diagnosen einiger neuer Insecten und Untersuchung mehrerer Sandproben verschiedener Küstenpunkte gesammelt während der Reise Sr. Mag. Fregatte Novara. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 40(11): 447-468 [449].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH sex unknown, Ambon (as Amboina), Maluku, Indonesia (designated in original publication)
  Comment: Felder in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; specimens were originally in the Felder collection.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Braby, M.F., Farias Quipildor, G.E., Vane-Wright, R.I. & Lohman, D.J. 2015. Morphological and molecular evidence supports recognition of Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as a species distinct from D. chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systematics and Biodiversity 13: 386-402.

 

Introduction

The subspecies Danaus chrysippus cratippus (C. Felder, 1786) was recorded and diagnosed for Australia by Braby et al. (2015) based on new material. A lectotype from Ambon (in BMNH) was designated.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Ils, from Timor to Tanimbar).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Maluku

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Braby, M.F. 2015. A further record of Danaus chrysippus cratippus (C. Felder, 1860) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Entomologist 42(4): 253-255

Braby, M.F., Farias Quipildor, G.E., Vane-Wright, R.I. & Lohman, D.J. 2015. Morphological and molecular evidence supports recognition of Danaus petilia (Stoll, 1790) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as a species distinct from D. chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758). Systematics and Biodiversity 13: 386-402

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [304] (mentioned an ANIC specimen from Cobourg Peninsula, NT, a vagrant from Indonesia)

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. [515]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		11-Mar-2015	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		05-Apr-2011	MOVED