Subspecies Hypochrysops theon medocus (Fruhstorfer, 1908)

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Regional Maps

• Miletus doleschalli medocus Fruhstorfer, H. 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 2: 85-86, 91-92, 99-100 [85].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description)
  Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description stated that he had one male; Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1–116 [93] (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. [359] (referred to a holotype and gave type information).

  Type locality references:

  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.
• Miletus panaetha Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1909. New and rare Australian butterflies of the genus Miletus. Victorian Naturalist 26: 110-116 [112].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM KL22541 ♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description).
  Paralectotype(s) AM KL22542 1♀, Cape York, QLD; AM KL22544 2♂, Cape York, QLD; AM KL22545 1♂, Cape York, QLD; AM KL22546 2♂, Cape York, QLD
  Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned nine males and two females and mentioned types and cotypes.

 

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] [116]
• Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [91]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York to the Claudie River, 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), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, 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. [439] (distribution, identification, life history)

Daniels, G. 1976. The life history of Hypochrysops theon medocus (Fruhstorfer) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15(2): 197-199 [197] (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. [343] (distribution)

Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [93] (taxonomy, distribution)

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. [271]

 

History of changes

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