Species Hesperilla dirphia Hewitson, 1868
Dirphia Skipper, Western Brown Skipper
- Hesperilla dirphia Hewitson, W.C. 1868. Descriptions of One Hundred New Species of Hesperidae. London : John van Voorst Vol. 2 25-56 pp. [38].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Swan River, WA (as Australia (Swan River) in the original publication)
Comment: Hewitson in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [235] (stated that Hewitson had four specimens).Subsequent designation references:
Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [120] (referred to a type); Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3–4): 218-238 [222] (referred to a type); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [119] (referred to a holotype); Moulds, M.S. & Atkins, A.F. 1986. The specific status of Motasingha trimaculata (Tepper) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with the description of a new subspecies. General and Applied Entomology 18: 25-32 [25] (discussed the lectotype and considered Waterhouse (1937) to have designated a lectotype; however, the first lectotype designation was by Lower (1911)); 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. (interpret Lower's (1911) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).Type locality references:
Moulds, M.S. & Atkins, A.F. 1986. The specific status of Motasingha trimaculata (Tepper) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with the description of a new subspecies. General and Applied Entomology 18: 25-32 [25] (confirmed type locality as Swan River, WA).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Toussaint, E.F.A., Braby, M.F., Müller, C.J., Petrie, E.A. and Kawahara, A.Y. 2022. Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195: 1407–1421 [Date published August 2022]
Generic Combinations
- Motasingha dirphia (Hewitson, 1868).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
Extra Ecological Information
Larval food plants not recorded.
General References
Moulds, M.S. & Atkins, A.F. 1986. The specific status of Motasingha trimaculata (Tepper) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with the description of a new subspecies. General and Applied Entomology 18: 25-32 [25]
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3–4): 218-238 [222]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 05-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |