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Species Hypolycaena danis (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

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Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Kei Islands, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, from Maluku to the Bismarck Archipelago.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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
  • Indonesia
    • Aru Islands
    • Irian Jaya
    • Kei Islands
    • Maluku
  • Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton [ORCHIDACEAE]; Dendrobium canaliculatum R.Br. [ORCHIDACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae feed on flowers of the orchids listed, and are not attended by ants, introduced orchid genera include Cattleya, Phalaenanthe, Phalaenopsis, Renanthera, Vanda.

 

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Hypolycaena danis danis (C. & R. Felder, 1865)

Myrina danis Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. 2. Abtheilung 2, Heft 2. Vienna : Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften 137–378 pls 22–47 pp. [publication date] [240 pl. 30] [publication date: Higgins, L.G. 1963. Dates of publication of the Novara Reise. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 4(3): 153–159 [159]].
Type data: lectotype BMNH *; the Felders in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Subsequent designation: Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [402] (referred to a holotype); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (interpret Parson's reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality: Halmaheira (designated in original description).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 LYCAENIDAE 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED
20-Jun-2024 MODIFIED