Species Euploea corinna (W.S. Macleay, 1826)
Common Crow, Oleander Butterfly
- Danais corinna Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. app. B, pp. 438-469, Table B in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [Publication date established from Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain Phillip King's Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6(4): 257–259] [462].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Northern coasts of Australia (specimen(s) taken on a survey voyage of the northern coast)
Comment: Macleay in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens he had; Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101–133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [104] (stated that the types were lost or destroyed). - Euploea angasii Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. 2. Abtheilung 2, Heft 2. Vienna : Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften 137-378 pls 22-47. [for publication date: Higgins (1963: 159), see Fletcher (1979)] [343].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, unknown (the Felders gave southern Australia, Sydney and Moreton Bay as localities in original description)
Comment: the Felders in the original description mentioned both sexes; Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp. [28] (referrred to a specimen labelled type now in BMNH but then in the Tring Museum labelled from southern Australia and collected by Angas). - Euploea euclus 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. 1045].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM T.12360 ♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description); QM T.12361 1♀ (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 [521] stated that this specimen was labelled as type by Waterhouse & Wild in 1910)
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 [521] (type information and referred to syntypes). - Euploea algea reginae Carpenter, G.D.H. 1953. The genus Euploea (Lep. Danaidae) in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. A zoo-geographical study. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 28(1): 1-184 pl. 1-9 [93].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (Carpenter in the original description designated a type), Queen's Islands, Admiralty Gulf, WA (designated in original description).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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]
- Carpenter, G.D.H. 1953. The genus Euploea (Lep. Danaidae) in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. A zoo-geographical study. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 28(1): 1-184 pl. 1-9 [5]
- Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [311] (Common & Waterhouse identified Euploea algea reginae Carpenter as Euploea core corinna (Macleay))
- 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]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Euploea core corinna W.S. Macleay, 1826 [Morishita (1977, 1981) regarded the subspecies Euploea core corinna from Australia and the Lesser Sunda Islands to be a species distinct from E. core (Cramer, [1780]), which occurs from India, Sri Lanka and southern China, through the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra, Java and Bali. The two species are absent from Borneo, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku and mainland New Guinea, but are sympatric on Bali. Ackery and Vane-Wright (1984, p. 54) provisionally maintained corinna as a subspecies of E. core, but cautioned that “at present we cannot be sure that the entities grouped under this name are even paraphyletic.” Vane-Wright (1993) subsequently divided E. core into five allopatric species, with three of these restricted to the Andaman Islands (E. andamanensis), Nicobar Islands (E. scherzeri), and Biak and Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea (E. charox), respectively, based on phenotypic and/or anatomical differences. Euploea corinna was treated as specifically distinct, although R.I. Vane-Wright (pers. comm.) notes that more work on the taxonomy is needed, especially in the narrow area of geographical overlap where E. corinna seems to have replaced the original subspecies of
E. core on Bali over a period of less than 100 years (see Braby 2010)].
Introduction
Lane & Moulds (2015) recorded Euploea core corinna as "common" on the Torres Strait islands.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Dauan Island, Torres Strait. Extralimital distribution—occurs widely in the Oriental Region east to Bali, Bismarck Archipelago, absent from the Philippines, Borneo, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea.
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, 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 [56] (Dauan Island)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Brachystelma glabriflorum (F.Muell.) Schltr. [ASCLEPIADACEAE] Bowich; Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell. [APOCYNACEAE] Common Silkpod; Marsdenia australis (R.Br.) Druce [APOCYNACEAE] Doubah; Ficus platypoda (Miq.) A.Cunn. ex Miq. [MORACEAE] Rock Fig; Marsdenia suaveolens R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Marsdenia viridiflora R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Sarcostemma australe R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Secamone elliptica R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Tylophora sp. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Ficus benjamina L. [MORACEAE]; Ficus coronata Spin & Colla [MORACEAE]; Ficus microcarpa L.f. [MORACEAE]; Ficus obliqua G.Forst. [MORACEAE]; Ficus virens Aiton [MORACEAE]; Ficus lyrata Warb. [MORACEAE]; Ficus natalensis Hochst. [MORACEAE]; Trachelospermum sp. [APOCYNACEAE]; Ficus spp. [MORACEAE]; Carissa ovata R.Br. [APOCYNACEAE]; Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.) W.T.Aiton [APOCYNACEAE]; Parsonsia eucalyptophylla F.Muell. [APOCYNACEAE]; Parsonsia sp. [APOCYNACEAE]; Adenium obesum Raem. & Schult. [APOCYNACEAE]; Adenium multiflorum Klotzsch [APOCYNACEAE]; Carissa grandiflora A.DC. [APOCYNACEAE]; Mandevilla sp. [APOCYNACEAE]; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE]; Plumeria acutifolia Poir [APOCYNACEAE]; Trachelospermum jasminoides Lem. [APOCYNACEAE]; Asclepias spp. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Cryptostegia grandiflora R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Cryptostegia madagascariensis Decne. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Cynanchum spp. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Hoya archboldiana C.Norman [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Hoya carnosa (L.) R.Br. [APOCYNACEAE]; Hoya cumingiana Decne. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Stephanotis sp. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Ceropegia cumingiana Decne. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Cynanchum carnosum (R.Br.) Schltr. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Gunnessia pepo P.I.Forst. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Gymnanthera cunninghamii (Benth.) P.I.Forst. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Hoya australis R.Br. ex Trail [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Hoya macgillivrayi F.M.Bailey [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Marsdenia coronata Benth. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Marsdenia glandulifera C.T.White [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Marsdenia hemiptera Rchb.f. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Marsdenia micradenia (Benth.) P.I.Forst. [APOCYNACEAE]; Marsdenia microlepis Benth. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Marsdenia rostrata R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced plants include Adenium multiflorum, A. obesum, Carissa grandiflora, Mandevilla sp., Nerium oleander, Plumeria acutifolia, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Trachelospermum sp. (Apocynaceae), Asclepias spp., Cryptostegia grandiflora, C. madagascariensis, Cynanchum spp., Hoya archboldiana, H. carnosa, H. cumingiana, Stephanotis sp. (Asclepiadaceae), Ficus lyrata, F. natalensis (Moraceae).
General References
Braby, M.F. 2010. The merging of taxonomy and conservation biology: a synthesis of Australian butterfly systematics (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea). Zootaxa 2707: 1-76 [Date published 3 Dec 2010]
Carpenter, G.D.H. 1953. The genus Euploea (Lep. Danaidae) in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. A zoo-geographical study. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 28(1): 1-184 pl. 1-9 [5]
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [309] (biology)
Daglish, G., Zalucki, M., Gynther, H., Rahman, E., Scheermeyer, E. & Arura, M. 1986. Field and laboratory observations on oviposition by Euploea core (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 827-836 [827] (included bibliography)
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]
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]
Kitching, R.L. & Zalucki, M.P. 1981. Observations on the ecology of Euploea core corinna (Nymphalidae) with special reference to an overwintering population. Journal of the Lepidoptera Society 35: 106-119 [106] (ecology)
Lane, D.A. & Moulds, M.S. 2015. An annotated list of hawkmoths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Hammond Island, Torres Strait. Australian Entomologist 42(1): 29-34
Morishita, K. 1977. The genus Euploea in the Orient (Lepidoptera: Danaidae). Acta Rhopalocerologica, Fukuoka 2: 1-60
Morishita, K. 1981. Danainae. pp. 441-623 in Tsukada, E. (ed.). Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Tokyo : Palpac Co. Vol. 2 623 pp. [549]
Rahman, H.U., Zalucki, M.P. & Scheermeyer, E. 1985. The effect of host plant on the development and survival of the immature stages of Euploea core corinna (W.S. Macleay) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 95-98 [95] (ecology)
Rainbow, W.J. 1907. A Guide to the Study of Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : T.C. Lothian 272 pp. [50] (as Euploea (Chanapa) corinna, biology)
Scheermeyer, E. 1985. Some factors affecting the distribution of Euploea core corinna (W.S. Macleay) (Lepidoptera: Danainae). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 339-348 [339] (ecology)
Scheermeyer, E. 1993. Overwintering of three Australian danaines: Tirumala hamata hamata, Euploea tulliolus tulliolus, and E. core corinna. pp. 345-353 in Malcolm, S.B. & Zalucki, M.P. (eds). The Biology of Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County xii 419 pp. [345] (ecology)
Scheermeyer, E., Kitching, R.L. & Jones, R.E. 1990. Host plants, temperature and seasonal effects on immature development and adult size of Euploea core corinna (W.S. Macleay) (Lepidoptera: Danainae). Australian Journal of Zoology 37: 599-608 [599] (ecology)
Scheermeyer, E. & Zalucki, M.P. 1985. Food plant records of Euploea core corinna (W.S. Macleay) with some notes on larval coloration. Australian Entomological Magazine 11: 87-90 [87] (ecology)
Vane-Wright, R.I. 1993. Milkweed butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danainae) and conservation priorities in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Butterflies 4: 21–33
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 corinna corinna Macleay, description, distribution)
Wood, G.A. 1987. The butterflies of Murray Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 14(3): 39-42 [40]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 13-Dec-2017 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Nov-2016 | Euploea Fabricius, 1807 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2016 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-May-2011 | 27-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |