Species Hypochrysops cyane (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
Cyane Jewel
- Miletus cyane 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] [90].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL22989 ♂, Mackay, QLD (Mackay and Sandgate, QLD, given in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL22990 ♀, Sandgate, QLD; AM KL22991 ♂, Sandgate, QLD
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description listed two males and one female; Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1–116 [46] (type information).Type locality references:
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. [27] (restricted the type locality to Mackay, QLD); Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: attendant ants, herbivore (associated flora: Melaleuca leucodendra (L.) L. [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Tea Tree; Eucalyptus moluccana Roxb. [MYRTACEAE] Grey Box; Angophora costata (Gaertn.) Britten [MYRTACEAE] Rusty Gum; Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE] Stalked Mistletoe; Terminalia subacroptera Domin [COMBRETACEAE]; Acacia humifusa Benth. [FABACEAE]; Lophostemon grandiflorus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE]; Alphitonia obtusifolia Braid [RHAMNACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Both larva and pupa are attended by the ants, pupation occurs in the ant galleries, adults frequent hilltops.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [449] (distribution, identification, life history)
Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Lycaenidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 3 336-512 pp. [349] (distribution, observations)
Macqueen, J. 1965. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 4: 56-57 [56] (biology)
Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [46] (taxonomy, unnecessary lectotype designation, distribution, life history)
Sands, D.P.A. 1999. The Jewels, Hypochrysops species (Lycaenidae). pp. 261-277 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [270]
Turner, A.J. 1940. Exhibit. Minutes of the Entomological Society of Queensland 9th September 1940: 1-2 [1] (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 | 01-Jan-2024 | 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 | LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2016 | Luciini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |