- Papilio eurypylus nyctimus 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] [167 fig. 568].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL13801 ♂, Darwin, NT (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL13802 1♀, Darwin, NT
Comment: the original description listed seven males and eight females; other paralectotypes were not listed by Peters.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Yampi Sound, WA, Melville Is., Daly River Crossing, Darwin, Alligator River, Cobourg Peninsula and Groote Eylandt, NT, and possibly Doomadgee, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Polyalthia nitidissima (Dunal) Benth. [ANNONACEAE] Canary Beech).
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae recorded November and December.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [240] (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] [128]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2025 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 06-Jan-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONIDAE Latreille, 1802 | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Sep-2013 | Graphium Scopoli, 1777 | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED | ||
| 14-Apr-2025 | MODIFIED |