Species Danis danis (Cramer, 1775)
Large Green-banded Blue
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- 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] [92]
- Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [574]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands, Maluku), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Aru Islands
- Irian Jaya
- Kei Islands
- Maluku
- Papua New Guinea
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Derris sp. [FABACEAE]; Rourea brachyandrya F.Muell. [CONNARACEAE]; Connarus conchocarpus F.Muell. [CONNARACEAE]).
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Danis danis danis (Cramer, 1775)
Papilio danis Cramer, P. 1775. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 1(1–7) 1–132 pls 1–84 pp. [issued 1775, dated 1775-1790] [111] [issued 1775, dated 1775–1790, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Opinion 516. Determination under the plenary powers of the relative precedence to be assigned to certain works on the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta) published in 1775 by Pieter Cramer, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller, Johann Christian Fabricius, Johann Casper Fuessly, and S.A. von Rottemburg respectively. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19: 1–44 [6]].
Type data: lectotype whereabouts unknown ♂*; Cramer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Subsequent designation: Hemming, F. 1964. Annotationes Lepidopterologicae. London : Hepburn & Sons Pts 3–5 [73]–180 vii pp. [105] (designated as lectotype 'the specimen' figured by Cramer, pl. 70 fig. E).
Type locality: Ambon, Indonesia. West Indies (in original description, but clearly an incorrect locality), see Fruhstorfer, H. 1915. Neue Formen der Gattung Thysonotis und Aufzählung der bekannten Rassen auf Grund morphologischer Untersuchungen. Societas Entomologica. Stuttgart 30: 49–52 [51] (gave Ambon as the type locality); Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the Tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian Regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture B 44: 1–102 [26] (gave Ambon as the type locality).
General References
Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture B 44(Suppl.): 1-102 [26]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 06-Sep-2017 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED |