Subspecies Erina hyacinthina hyacinthina (Semper, 1879)

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• Holochila hyacinthina Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg V(14): 138-194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] [162].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Sydney, NSW (as Sidney [sic] in original description; Semper mentioned Sydney, NSW, and Rockhampton, QLD).
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1♂, Rockhampton, QLD
  Comment: Semper in the original description mentioned both sexes and several localities but not a type; Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(1): 112–121 pls 11, 12 [120] (mentioned types in referring to C. erinus and C. hyacinthinus); Edwards E.D. & Kerr J.F.R. 1978. A new species of Candalides from Eastern Australia and notes on Candalides hyacinthinus (Semper) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 4(5): 81–90 [88] (type information).

  Type locality references:

  Edwards E.D. & Kerr J.F.R. 1978. A new species of Candalides from Eastern Australia and notes on Candalides hyacinthinus (Semper) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 4(5): 81-90 [Date published February 1978] [88] (gave the locality of the lectotype as Sydney).
• Candalides hyacinthina eugenia 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] [80].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM KL 22063 ♂, Kuranda, QLD (Waterhouse & Lyell originally listed Kuranda, Atherton and Rockhampton, QLD).
  Paralectotype(s) AM KL22064 1♀, Kuranda, QLD
  Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned nine males and three females; Edwards E.D. & Kerr J.F.R. 1978. A new species of Candalides from Eastern Australia and notes on Candalides hyacinthinus (Semper) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 4(5): 81–90 [88] (incorrectly referred to a holotype).

  Type locality references:

  Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [30] (restricted the type locality to Kuranda, QLD).
• Candalides hyacinthina josephina Harris, E.J.W. 1952. A new race of the Butterfly Candalides hyacinthina Semper Family Lycaenidae. North Queensland Naturalist xx(103): 33-34 [Date published 1st December 1952] [33] [this population is believed to represent a zone of hybridisation between C. hyacinthinus hyacinthinus and C. hyacinthinus simplexa see Couchman, L.E. 1962. Notes on some Tasmanian and Australian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 96: 73–81 pl. 1 [74]].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC 1♂ 1♀, Stawell, VIC (designated in original description); JCUT 2♂
  Comment: 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. (although Harris (1952) referred to types, male and female and to paratypes, all these specimens must be syntypes).
• Candalides simplexa cassythae Couchman, L.E. 1962. Notes on some Tasmanian and Australian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 96: 73-81 pl. 1 [75].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Ash Is., Newcastle, NSW (designated in original description; now part of Kooragang Is., Newcastle, NSW)
  Comment: Couchman in the original description referred to many illustrations and descriptions, and in particular, singled out specimens reared by A.W. Scott from Ash Island, although he did not indicate a type.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [419]
• Edwards E.D. & Kerr J.F.R. 1978. A new species of Candalides from Eastern Australia and notes on Candalides hyacinthinus (Semper) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 4(5): 81-90 [Date published February 1978] [88]

 

Generic Combinations

• Erina hyacinthinus hyacinthinus (Semper, 1879).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [537]

Edwards E.D. & Kerr J.F.R. 1978. A new species of Candalides from Eastern Australia and notes on Candalides hyacinthinus (Semper) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 4(5): 81-90 [Date published February 1978] [88]

Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp. [237]

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 [217]

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] [80]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Feb-2021	PAPILIONOIDEA	29-Dec-2020	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
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