Subspecies Hypochrysops delicia delicia Hewitson, 1875
- Hypochrysops delicia Hewitson, W.C. 1875. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae, from his own collection. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 12: 38, 39 [38].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown probably ♀, Brisbane, QLD (Australia given in original description)
Comment: Hewitson in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; described from the Grose-Smith collection; Gabriel, A.G. 1932. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the Hill Museum. London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson 40 pp. [33] (did not list a specimen in the Hill Museum); Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1–116 [48] (could not locate the type).Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1928. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 401-412, pl. 25 [404] (gave Brisbane as the type locality); Gabriel, A.G. 1932. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the Hill Museum. London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson 40 pp.; Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116. - Hypochrysops regina Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1895. Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare and unfigured species of butterflies. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 2 259 pp. [Pt 32, p. 21].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Brisbane, QLD (Moluccae given in original description)
Comment: Grose-Smith & Kirby in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; the type was described from the Rothschild collection and was described as a male but the illustration is clearly of a female.Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [117] (gave the type locality as Brisbane based on the appearance of the type). - Miletus delicia delos 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] [85].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL22932 ♂, Mordialloc, VIC (Wandin and Mordialloc given in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL22932 1♂ 4♀, Mordialloc, VIC; AM KL22933 2♂ 1♀, Mordialloc, VIC
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description listed 27 males and 21 females but not a type.Type locality references:
Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [48] (restricted the type locality to Mordialloc, VIC).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [117] (for Hypochrysops regina Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895)
- Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [47]
- Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp. (for Miletus delicia delos Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)
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), 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: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Borch, C. 1928. Life histories of some Victorian lycaenids. Victorian Naturalist 45: 188-193 [188] (biology)
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [442] (distribution, identification, life history)
Fruhstorfer, H. 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 2: 85-86, 91-92, 99-100 [99] (regina listed as subspecies of delicia)
Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [47] (taxonomy)
Thorn, L.B. 1924. Notes on the life-histories of some Victorian lycaenid butterflies. Victorian Naturalist 41: 43-50 [43] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [166] (taxonomy)
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