Subspecies Heteronympha penelope diemeni Waterhouse, 1937
- Heteronympha penelope diemeni Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. On the identity of the butterfly known in Australia as Heteronympha philerope Boisd., 1832. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(5–6): 253-258 [258].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL01217 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description designated a holotype), New Norfolk, TAS (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL1218 1♀, New Norfolk, TAS; AM KL0219 11♂ 2♀, New Norfolk, TAS
Comment: Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 90: 1–33 [22] (mentioned a holotype); 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. [21] (type information).
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
NW, N and E TAS.
Australian Endemic.
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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Tasmania
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [345] (description, distribution)
Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33 [22]
History of changes
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |