Subspecies Hesperilla donnysa aurantia Waterhouse, 1927
- Hesperilla donnysa aurantia Waterhouse, G.A. 1927. Australian Hesperiidae. Part I. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52(3): 275-283 pl. 26 figs 1-28 [279 pl. 26 figs 5, 21, 22].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL08773 ♂ (Waterhouse illustrated a holotype in the original description), Eaglehawk Neck, TAS (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL08774 1♀, Eaglehawk Neck, TAS; AM KL08775 1♂
Comment: 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 specimen information).
Distribution
States
Tasmania
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33 [5] (bibliography)
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 [217]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |