Subspecies Hypochrysops narcissus narcissus (Fabricius, 1775)

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• Papilio narcissus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [524].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Cooktown, QLD (Nova Hollandia given in original description)
  Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; the type was described from the Banks collection; Druce, H.H. 1891. A monograph of the Lycaenid genus Hypochrysops, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1891(2): 179–195 [189] (implied that there was only one specimen in the Banks collection and this is accepted as evidence for a holotype); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [517] (listed a single specimen in the Banks collection (as London) and this is accepted as evidence for a holotype); Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1–116 [37] (referred to a holotype and gave type information); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [350] (referred to a holotype and gave type information).

  Type locality references:

  Druce, H.H. 1891. A monograph of the Lycaenid genus Hypochrysops, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1891(2): 179-195; Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209 [205] (stated the the Australian butterfly specimens from Cook's almost all came from Cooktown, QLD); 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] [101] (stated that the type probably came from the Endeavour River, QLD); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp.; Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [37] (stated that the type locality was probably Cooktown, QLD); Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp.
• Hesperia livius Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Tom. 3(Pars 1) iv 487pp. [315].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, 'In Indiis' (in original description)
  Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; described from the Drury collection.

  Type locality references:

  Druce, H.H. 1891. A monograph of the Lycaenid genus Hypochrysops, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1891(2): 179-195 [189] (rejected Fabricius 'Indiis' locality and also Kirby's Amboyna; he suggested Australia); Grünberg, K. 1921. 5. Genus Hypochrysops Fldr. (Miletus Hbn.). pp. 837-849 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. IX 1197 pp. 175 pls. [English translation 1922] [839] (emended the type locality to 'presumably Australia'); Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [37] (included the species as Australian on the basis of Druce's and Grünberg's comments).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [37]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

From Silver Plains to Ingham, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

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. [461]

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. [355] (distribution, life history)

Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [37] (taxonomy, distribution)

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] [116]

 

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