Subspecies Heteronympha penelope penelope Waterhouse, 1937
- Heteronympha penelope penelope 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 [257].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL01124 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description mentioned a holotype), Barrington Tops, NSW (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL01125 1♀, Barrington Tops, NSW; AM KL01126 1♀, Barrington Tops, NSW; AM KL01127 3♂ 2♀, Barrington Tops, NSW; AM KL01128 6♂ 8♀, Barrington Tops, NSW
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. [20] (type information). - Heteronympha penelope sterope 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 [257].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL01153 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description mentioned a holotype), Gisborne, VIC (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL01154 1♀, Gisborne, VIC; AM KL01156 1♂, Gisborne, VIC; AM KL01157 2♀, Gisborne, VIC; AM KL01158 2♂, Gisborne, VIC; AM KL01159 2♀, Gisborne, VIC; AM KL01161 1♀, Gisborne, VIC; AM KL01162 1♀, Gisborne, VIC; AM KL01164 2♂, Gisborne, VIC
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. [20] (type information). - Heteronympha penelope maraia Tindale, N.B. 1952. On a new form of Heteronympha penelope Waterhouse (Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, Family Satyridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 75: 25-29 pl. 2 figs 1-16 [26 pl. 2 figs 1-4].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I19088 ♂, Fyans Creek, Grampian Mtns, VIC (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) SAMA I19088 1♀, Fyans Creek, Grampian Mtns, VIC; SAMA 1♂, Fyans Creek, Grampian Mtns, VIC
Comment: Tindale in the original description designated a holotype and also mentioned an allotype and a paratype, and by doing so, excluded other material mentioned from the paratype series; a male listed in the NMV web site is not mentioned by Tindale.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), 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: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
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. [343] (description, biology)
Jarvis, E. 1908. Life history of butterfly Heteronympha philerope, Boisduval. Victorian Naturalist 24: 194-196 [194]
History of changes
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