Subspecies Hesperilla donnysa albina Waterhouse, 1932

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• Hesperilla donnysa albina 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 [226].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM KL08808 ♂, Bunbury, WA (Waterhouse recorded Bunbury, Waroona and Stirling Ranges, WA, in original description).
  Paralectotype(s) AM KL08808 2♂; AM KL08808 2♂ 1♀, Bunbury, WA
  Comment: Waterhouse in the original description indicated that he had four males and six females.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [118] (stated that 'the holotypes of these races are at Sydney'; as this is not a reference to an individual type it is not accepted as a lectotype designation); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [12] (referred to a holotype); 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 Peters' (1971) incorrect reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

  Type locality references:

  Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Australian Hesperiidae. X. On Hesperilla donnysa Hewitson, 1868. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 215-218 [218] (restricted type locality to Bunbury, WA); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [12] (gave type locality as Bunbury, WA).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Australian Hesperiidae. X. On Hesperilla donnysa Hewitson, 1868. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 215-218 [218]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		07-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)