Subspecies Eirmocides margarita margarita (Semper, 1879)
- Holochila margarita Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg V(14): 138-194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] [161].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Bowen, QLD (Bowen, Gayndah and Cap York given in original description)
Comment: Semper in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described, but did give a range of wingspans.Type locality references:
Gabriel, A.G. 1932. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the Hill Museum. London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson 40 pp. [35] (restricted the type locality to Bowen, QLD); Waterhouse, G.A. 1942. Notes on Australian butterflies in the Australian Museum. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 122-125 [122] (gave the type locality as Bowen, QLD); Tindale, N.B. 1965. A new species of Holochila (Rhopalocera, Family Lycaenidae) from Victoria and southern New South Wales. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15(1): 165-174 [Date published 6 October 1965] [172] (gave the type locality as Bowen, QLD).
Generic Combinations
- Eirmocides margarita margarita (Semper, 1879).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
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 (status revised, now considered subspecies of C. margarita)
Smales, M. & Ledward, C.P. 1942. Notes on the life-histories of some lycaenid butterflies—Part I. Queensland Naturalist 12(1): 14-18 [18]
Smales, M. & Ledward, C.P. 1943. Notes on the life histories of some lycaenid butterflies. Part II. (With notes on some skippers). Queensland Naturalist 12(3): 47-52 [47] (biology)
Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 14(5): 197-259 4 pls [204]
History of changes
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |