Subspecies Euploea algea violetta (Butler, 1876)
- Calliploea violetta Butler, A.G. 1876. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Port Moresby, New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 18: 240-249 [242].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Rh6660 ♀, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea; designated in original description)
Comment: Butler in the original description indicated that he had two females. - Euploea dolosa Butler, A.G. 1877. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from New Guinea, with notice of a new genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1876(4): 765-768 pl. 77 [766].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh.6672 1♂, Yule Is., Papua New Guinea (given in the introduction to the original description); BMNH Rh6673 1♀
Comment: Butler in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [16] (listed a male and female type); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [514] (type information); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation). - Rasuma ordinata Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [282].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh6662 1♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea), (designated in original description); BMNH Rh6663 1♀
Comment: Moore in the original description referred to both sexes; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [36] (listed both male and female types); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation). - Rasuma denticulata Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [283].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh6667 1♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea), (designated in original description); BMNH Rh6668 1♀
Comment: Moore in the original description referred to both sexes; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [15] (listed both male and female types); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectoype designation). - Rasuma bipunctata Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [283].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh6664 1♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea), (designated in original description); BMNH Rh6661 1♀
Comment: Moore in the original description referred to both sexes; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [9] (listed both male and female types); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation). - Rasuma pleiadis Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [283].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh6674 1♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea), (designated in original description); BMNH Rh6675 1♀
Comment: Moore in the original description referred to both sexes; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [40] (listed both male and female types); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation). - Rasuma louisa Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [283].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh6665 1♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea); (designated in original description); BMNH Rh6666 1♀
Comment: Moore in the original description referred to both sexes; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [30] (listed both male and female types); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation). - Rasuma siderea Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [283].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Rh6669 ♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea), (designated in original description)
Comment: Moore in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described. - Rasuma astraea Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [284].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh6670 1♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea), (designated in original description); BMNH Rh6671 1♀
Comment: Moore in the original description indicated that he had both sexes; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [8] (listed both male and female types); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation). - Rasuma stella Moore, F. 1883. A monograph of Limnaina and Euploeina, two groups of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the subfamily Euploeinae; with descriptions of new genera and species. Part II. Euploeina. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883(3): 253-324 pls 29-32 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [284].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Rh6676 1♂, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea), (designated in original description); BMNH Rh6677 1♀
Comment: Moore in the original description indicated that he had both sexes; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [46] (listed both male and female types); 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. (Riley & Gabriel's (1925) listing of types is not accepted as a lectotype designation). - Euploea amycus 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)] [1038] [introduced in a key on p. 1038, further described on p. 1044].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM T.12352 1♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description); QM T.12353 1♀
Comment: Miskin in the original description mentioned both sexes; 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 [520] (located two syntypes in QM and gave type information).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.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [248]
- Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [514]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Papua New Guinea.
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Papua New Guinea
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. [311] (as Euploea algea amycus Miskin, 1890, description, distribution)
De Baar, M. 1991. Euploea core corinna (Macleay) and Euploea algea amycus Miskin (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) form hybrids within Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 18(1): 45-47 [45] (suggested Euploea algea amycus Miskin, 1890 is a variation of Euploea algea violetta (Butler, 1876))
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] [24] (as Euploea guerini amycus Miskin, 1890, description, distribution)
Wood, G.A. 1987. The butterflies of Murray Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 14(3): 39-42 [40] (suggested Euploea algea amycus Miskin, 1890 is a variety of Euploea core corinna (Macleay, 1826))
History of changes
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