Subspecies Euploea alcathoe misenus Miskin, 1890
- Euploea misenus Miskin, W.H. 1890. A revision of the Australian species of Euploea, with synonymic notes, and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1037-1046 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [1037] [introduced in a key on p. 1037, further described on p. 1039].
Type data:
Holotype QM T.12363 ♂, Cape York, QLD
Comment: Miskin in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Hancock (1995) located a single specimen in the QM which he referred to as a syntype although Miskin probably had only one specimen; Hancock gave type information; Lambkin et al. (2017) note the holotype.Type locality references:
Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519-528. - Euploea alecto rothschildiana Hulstaert, G. 1923. On Lepidoptera from New Guinea, Kei, Tenimber, the Philippines, and Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 11: 178-190 [182].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lambkin, T.A., Braby, M.F., Eastwood, R.G. & Zalucki, M.P. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the Euploea alcathoe complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Austral Entomology 58: 52-75 [17] (for Euploea aethiops monaeses Fruhstorfer, 1910 and Euploea alecto rothschildiana Hulstaert, 1923)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Euploea alecto monilifera Moore, 1883 [name used erroneously by multiple authors, see Lambkin et al. (2019) and Lane and Ham (2019)].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Recorded from the Torres Strait ls and Cape York, QLD. Type specimen from Cape York, however there are no other records of this subspecies from mainland Australia.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
- Lambkin, T.A. 2016. First Australian records of Euploea wallacei melia Fruhstorfer, 1904 and Euploea stephensii jamesi Butler, 1876 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae) from Dauan island, Torres Strait, Queensland, with notes on the aggregation habits of 'Euploea' Fabricius species near flowering mangroves. Australian Entomologist 43(2): 55–68
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. [308] (as Euploea alcathoe monilifera, description, distribution)
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] [20] (as Euploea alecto monilifera (Moore, 1883), description, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 13-Dec-2017 | Danaini | 21-Nov-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 27-Apr-2011 | ADDED |