Subspecies Delias mysis mysis (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Subspecies Delias mysis mysis (Fabricius, 1775)

Union Jack Butterfly

Papilio mysis Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [475].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Cooktown, QLD (as nova Hollandia in original description)
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described, he stated that he described the species from the Banks collection; Zimsen (1964: 513) indicated that there was a single specimen in the Banks collection); Talbot, G. 1937. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 6. London : British Museum pp. 261–656 [553] (mentioned a holotype); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [302] (mentioned a holotype).
Type locality references:
Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209 [205] (gave the type locality as Cooktown, QLD); Talbot, G. 1937. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 6. London : British Museum pp. 261-656. [Date published 23/January/1937]; Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [101] (suggested that the type locality was Endeavour River, QLD); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp.
Delias mysis waterhousei Talbot, G. 1937. A Monograph of the Pierine Genus Delias. Pt 6. London : British Museum pp. 261-656. [Date published 23/January/1937] [555].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH 1 ♂, Lloyds Bay, No. 8 Is., Cape York Peninsula, QLD (in original description); BMNH 2 ♀
Comment: Talbot in the original description designated one male and two females as types, therefore other specimens mentioned were excluded from the type series.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (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), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)