Subspecies Delias nysa nivira Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

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Subspecies Delias nysa nivira Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Delias nysa nivira 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] [141].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL15273 ♂, Rocky River, Cape York Peninsula, QLD (Waterhouse & Lyell in original description recorded the type series as from Coen, QLD).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL15274 ♀; whereabouts unknown 5♂
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description indicated that they had six males and two females.
Type locality references:
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] (recorded the type locality from the label data as Rocky River, QLD).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Korthalsella breviarticulata (Tiegh.) Danser [SANTALACEAE]; Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Endl. [SANTALACEAE]).

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [290] (description, distribution)

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Part 1: Introduction, Papilionidae, Pieridae and regional adult temporal data. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 1 196 pp. [Date published 31-Dec-91] [51] (distribution)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [50]

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	05-Apr-2011	MOVED
28-Mar-2012	02-May-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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