Subspecies Hypochrysops elgneri elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909)
- Miletus elgneri Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1909. New and rare Australian butterflies of the genus Miletus. Victorian Naturalist 26: 110-116 [114].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL22605 ♂, Prince of Wales Island, QLD (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL22607 4♂ 2♀, Prince of Wales Is., QLD; AM KL22606 4♀, Prince of Wales Is., QLD; AM KL22608 1♀, Prince of Wales Is., QLD
Comment: Waterhouse in the original description stated that he had 23 males and 13 females, mentioned types but not 'a type'.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known in Australia from Prince of Wales Is., QLD; extralimital distribution—Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Papua New Guinea
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. [459] (distribution, identification)
Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [28] (unnecessary lectotype designation, taxonomy)
Sands, D.P.A. & Fenner, T.L. 1978. New butterfly records from the New Guinea Region. Australian Entomological Magazine 4(6): 101-108 [105] (Papua New Guinea localities)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |