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Species Deudorix smilis Hewitson, 1863

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Distribution

States

Northern Territory


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Maluku), Oriental Region.


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

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

Oriental Region

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Strychnos lucida R.Br. [LOGANIACEAE]).

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Deudorix smilis smilis Hewitson, 1863

Deudorix smilis Hewitson, W.C. 1863. Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. London : John van Voorst Vol. 3(45–48) [issued 1863, dated 1862-1866; publication date] [18] [issued 1863, dated 1862–1866; publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1932. An attempt to determine the true dates of publication of Hewitson (W.C.), Illustr. New Spec. Exot. Butterflies, 5 Vols. ([1852–] 1856–1876). Novitates Zoologicae 37(1931–32): 189–206, Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Some additional information on the dates of publication of Hewitson's Illustrations Exot. Butterflies. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1(5): 143–144 and Hemming, F. 1945. Hewitson (W.C.), Illustr. New Spec. Exot. Butterflies: supplementary note on the composition and dates of publication of certain parts. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 2(2): 51–53.
Type data: syntypes whereabouts unknown *; Hewitson in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [146] (did not list any specimens in the Hewitson collection).
Type locality: East India (in original description).

 

History of changes

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