Subspecies Elymnias agondas australiana Fruhstorfer, 1900
Palmfly
- Elymnias agondas australiana Fruhstorfer, H. 1900. Neue Elymnias aus dem australischen Gebiet. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 60: 339-342 [339].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 1♂, Northern Australia (in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Martin, L. 1922. Hans Fruhstorfer. Nice : Iris 135 pp. [70] (listed a single male in the Fruhstorfer collection); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (Martin's (1922) list of types included unspecified syntypes and paratypes and is not useful in indicating the status of Fruhstorfer type material or the number of specimens involved).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cape York to Rocky River, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Braby, M.F. 1995. The distribution, status and habitat associations of the satyrine (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) fauna of northeastern Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 51-61 [51]
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [321] (biology)
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] [48] (description, distribution)
Wood, G.A. 1984. The life history of Elymnias agondas australiana Fruhstorfer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(3): 41-42 [41] (biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |