Species Hesperilla flavescens Waterhouse, 1927
Yellow Sedge-skipper, Yellowish Skipper
- Hesperilla donnysa flavescens 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 17, 18].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL08741 ♂, Altona Bay, VIC (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL08742 1♀, Altona Bay, VIC; whereabouts unknown 3♂
Comment: Waterhouse in the original description indicated that he had four specimens of each sex.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 holotype males of several subspecies were at Sydney); 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] (type information, 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); Waterhouse's statement that the holotype males of several subspecies were at Sydney is not an individual mention and thus is not interpreted as a lectotype designation). - Hesperilla donnysa flavia 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].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL12297 ♂ (Waterhouse designated a holotype), West Beach, SA (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL12297 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] (type information).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Gahnia filum (Labill.) F.Muell. [CYPERACEAE] Chaffy Saw-sedge).
General References
Burns, A.N. 1951. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera with descriptions of new subspecies and life histories. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 83-105 pls 1-6 [91]
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] (biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |