History of changes

• Elymnias Hübner, J. 1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge. Augsburg : Hübner 32 pp. 40 pls. [12] [before 1937 Elymnias was considered to have been first published in Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge. Augsburg : Jacob Hübner 17–176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] (37) with subsequent designation of the type species as Papilio lais Cramer, [1777] by Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91–293 (162), but this was erroneous and was subsequently corrected by Hemming, F. 1937. Hübner: a Bibliographical and Systematic Account of the Entomological Works of Jacob Hübner and of the Supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer. London : Royal Entomological Society of London Vol. 1 xxxiv 605 pp. (185)].

  Type species:

   Elymnias jynx Hübner, 1818 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1943. Notes on the generic nomenclature of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, II. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 12(2): 23-30 [24].
• Didonis Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [17] [Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Suppl. 9: 1–509 (145) discussed the history of the name Didonis and the selection of a type species].

  Type species:

   Papilio vitellia Stoll, 1781 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [156].
• Dyctis Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [138].

  Type species:

   Dyctis agondas Boisduval, 1832 by monotypy.
• Agrusia Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144].

  Type species:

   Melanitis esaca Westwood, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 29(19) (Oct. 1894) pp. 161-176. [issued Oct. 1894, dated 1893] [169].
• Bruasa Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144].

  Type species:

   Melanitis penanga Westwood, 1851 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 29(19) (Oct. 1894) pp. 161-176. [issued Oct. 1894, dated 1893] [164].
• Melynias Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144] [name introduced in a key to genera on p. 144 and further described on p. 156].

  Type species:

   Papilio lais Cramer, 1777 by original designation.
• Mimadelias Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 2(18) (June 1894) pp. 137-136. [issued June 1894, dated 1893] [144].

  Type species:

   Elymnias vasudeva Moore, 1857 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1894. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-families Satyrinae (continued), Elymniinae, Amathusiinae, Nymphalinae (Group Charaxina). London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 29(19) (Oct. 1894) pp. 161-176. [issued Oct. 1894, dated 1893] [165].
• Elymniopsis Fruhstorfer, H. 1907. Monographie der Elymniinae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 20(3): 157-252 [171] [name introduced on p. 171 and described on p. 173].

  Type species:

   Papilio phegea Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1943. Notes on the generic nomenclature of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, II. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 12(2): 23-30 [24].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.L. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne : CSIRO Publications xi 803 pp. [Date published 31 December 1995] [286]
• Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [243]

Distribution

States

Queensland

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)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Indonesia
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
  • Kei Islands
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

General References

Ackery, P.R. 1984. Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society of London, no. 11. Part 1 Systematics. pp. 9-21 in Vane-Wright, R.I. & Ackery, P.R. (eds). The Biology of Butterflies. London : Academic Press 429 pp. [16]

Ackery, P.R. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 33: 95-203 [103] (bibliography)

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [320]

D'Abrera, B. 1990. Butterflies of the Australian Region. Melbourne : Hill House 416 pp. [Date published 31-Dec-90] [278]

Miller, L.D. 1968. The higher classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the Satyridae (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 24: i-iii, 1-174 [38]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [573]

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• 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]
• Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [244]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands), Papua New Guinea.

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)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Indonesia
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
  • Kei Islands
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Calamus carytoides Mart. [ARECACEAE]).

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Elymnias agondas agondas (Boisduval, 1832)

Dyctis agondas Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv 5–267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [138 pl. 3 fig. 5] [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. 1901. Dates of publication of Lepidoptera Indica. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 565–566 [333]].
Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown sex unknown* (Boisduval in the original description stated that he had one specimen and that as the abdomen was missing he did not know its sex); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [573] (referred to a holotype).
Type locality: Vanikoro Is., Santa Cruz Ils (in original description).

General References

D'Abrera, B. 1990. Butterflies of the Australian Region. Melbourne : Hill House 416 pp. [Date published 31-Dec-90] [280]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [572]

History of changes

• 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

• Elymnias melanippe Grose-Smith, H. 1894. Descriptions of nine new butterflies from Sattelberg, near Finsch Hafen, German New Guinea, in the collections of the Honourable Walter Rothschild and H. Grose Smith, captured by Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 585-590 [587].

Introduction

Recorded from Dauan Island, Torres Strait by Lambkin (2010).

Distribution

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Calamus carytoides Mart. [ARECACEAE]).

General References

Lambkin, T.A. 2010. A review of Taenaris Hübner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Amathusiinae) in Queensland, together with Australian records for T. myops kirschi Staudinger and Elymnias agondas melanippe Grose-Smith (Satyrinae). Australian Entomologist 37(3): 77–92 [86] (first Australian records, but may just be itinerant)

History of changes