Species Hypolycaena phorbas (Fabricius, 1793)

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Regional Maps

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30 [348]
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [514]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Tamarind; Senna alata (L.) Roxb. [CAESALPINIACEAE] Candlebush; Planchonia careya (F.Muell.) R.Knuth [LECYTHIDACEAE] Cocky Apple; Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco [MYRSINACEAE] River Mangrove; Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn. [VERBENACEAE] Scambling Clerodendrum; Syzygium wilsoni (F.Muell.) B.Hyland [MYRTACEAE] Watergum; Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob. [RHIZOPHORACEAE] Yellow-leaved Spurred Mangrove; Cassia fistula L. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. [COMBRETACEAE]; Terminalia melanocarpa F.Muell. [COMBRETACEAE]; Castanospermum australe Hook. [FABACEAE]; Flagellaria indica L. [FLAGELLARIACEAE]; Dendrophthoe vitellina (F.Muell.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Acmena sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Smilax australis R.Br. [SMILACACEAE]; Faradaya splendida F.Muell. [VERBENACEAE]; Clerodendrum floribundum R.Br. [VERBENACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced Cassia fistula (Caesalpiniaceae).

 

General References

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [401]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [262]

Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [130]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023	PAPILIONOIDEA	22-Dec-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020	LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	LYCAENIDAE	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED