Species Heteronympha paradelpha Lower, 1893
Spotted Brown
- Heteronympha paradelpha Lower, O.B. 1893. New Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17(1): 146-185 [146].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA ♂, Melbourne, VIC (designated in original description); SAMA ♀
Comment: Lower in the original description mentioned both sexes. - Heteronympha paradelpha deervalensis Burns, A.N. 1946. A new geographical race of Heteronympha paradelpha (Lower) (Lepidoptera, Satyridae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 14(2): 129-130 pl. 16 [129 pl. 16].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV T.16678 1♂, Deer Vale, NSW (Deer Vale (as Deervale), Dorrigo and Ebor, NSW, given in original description); (the NMV web site gives Deer Vale as locality for specimens listed as syntypes); NMV T.16677 1♀
Comment: Burns in the original description mentioned both sexes and gave several localities.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. [POACEAE] Meadow Rice Grass; Poa tenera J.D.Hook. [POACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [342] (description, biology, distribution)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1897. The genus Heteronympha in New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 240-243 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [242]
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [98] (biology)
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] [39] (description, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 |
| 04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |