Species Hypocysta angustata Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Jordan, K. 1924. On Hypocysta and some allied genera of Satyrinae (Lep. Rhop.) from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Novitates Zoologicae 31: 279-297 [281]
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [242]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.

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
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Larval food plants are grasses (Poaceae).

 

General References

Jordan, K. 1924. On Hypocysta and some allied genera of Satyrinae (Lep. Rhop.) from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Novitates Zoologicae 31: 279-297 [281]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [556]

 

History of changes

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30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
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