Subspecies Eirmocides absimilis edwardsi (Braby, 2008)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Candalides absimilis edwardsi Braby, M.F. 2008. Taxonomic review of Candalides absimilis (C. Felder, 1862) and C. margarita (Semper, 1879) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with descriptions of two new subspecies. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 24: 33-54 [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Vic, 7 km N Suggan Buggan (by rd), Alpine [36°56’S 148°21’E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC 15 ♂ 14♀ (also NMV, AM), various montane localities.

Generic Combinations

• Eirmocides absimilis edwardsi (Braby, 2008).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Alectryon coriaceus (Benth.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Alectryon; Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Tamarind; Atalaya salicifolia (A.DC.) Blume [SAPINDACEAE] Brush Whitewood; Brachychiton populneus (Schott & Endl.) R.Br. [MALVACEAE] Kurrajong; Millettia megasperma (F.Muell.) Benth. [FABACEAE] Native Wisteria; Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre [FABACEAE] Pongamia Tree; Erythrina sp. [FABACEAE]; Flagellaria indica L. [FLAGELLARIACEAE]; Wisteria chinensis Siebold [FABACEAE]; Robinia pseudoacacia L. [FABACEAE]; Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche [PROTEACEAE]; Brachychiton acerifolius Macarthur & C.Moore [STERCULIACEAE]; Cassia fistula L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Koelreuteria elegans (Seem.) A.C.Sm. [SAPINDACEAE]; Harpullia hillii F.Muell. [SAPINDACEAE]; Castanospermum australe Hook. [FABACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Reared from Brachychiton populneus

History of changes