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Subspecies Eurema drona australis (Wallace, 1867)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Lord Howe Island
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Fiji
  • New Caledonia

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Neptunia dimorphantha Domin [FABACEAE]; Chamaecrista sp. [FABACEAE]).

 

General References

Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [272] (as Eurema brigitta australis (Wallace, 1867), biology)

Irungbam, M., Irungbam, J.S., Rindos, N., Maresova, J.P. & Fric, Z.F. 2023. Phylogeography of the small grass yellow Eurema brigitta (Stoll, 1780) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) unveils the existence of distinct taxa within the Paleotropics. Austral Entomology 62: 410–417 [Date published 19 December 2023]

Jones, R.E. 1999. The Grass Yellows, Eurema Species (Pieridae). pp. 143-151 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [143]

McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : Nelson xxxi 206 pp. [119] (biology)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [65] (as Terias libythea zoriade Felder, 1865, biology)

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] [122] (discussed the application of zoriade C. Felder & R. Felder and concluded that it should not be used for the Australian population)

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] [152] (as Terias libythea zoriade Felder, 1865, description, distribution)

Yata, O. 1989. A revision of the Old World species of the genus Eurema Hübner (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Part I. Phylogeny and zoogeography of the subgenus Terias Swainson and description of the subgenus Eurema Hübner. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 9: 1-103 pls 1-24 [76] (as Eurema brigitta zoraide (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865), biology)

Yata, O. 1989. A revision of the Old World species of the genus Eurema Hübner (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) Part I. Phylogeny and zoogeography of the subgenus Terias Swainson and description of the subgenus Eurema Hübner. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 9: 1-103 pls 1-24 [76] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024 PAPILIONOIDEA 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023 PAPILIONOIDEA 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022 PAPILIONOIDEA 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021 PAPILIONOIDEA 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONOIDEA 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED
02-Jan-2024 MODIFIED