Species Jalmenus ictinus Hewitson, 1865
Ictinus Blue, Stencilled Hairstreak
- Ialmenus ictinus Hewitson, W.C. 1865. Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae. Text. London : John van Voorst Vol. 1(2) 37-76 pp. [54 pl. 24 figs 6-8] [Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249–254, 360–363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 529 pp. [361] for date of publication, 24 June 1865].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂ ♀, Brisbane, QLD (Australia given in original description)
Comment: Hewitson in the original description mentioned both sexes but not a type, he also stated that the specimens were in his collection; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [150] (listed five specimens in the Hewitson collection).Type locality references:
Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp.; Kerr, J.F.R. & Macqueen, J. 1967. Notes on the genus Jalmenus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of a new species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 6: 45-48 [47] (gave the label data of the lectotype restricting the type locality to Moreton Bay (Brisbane), QLD). - Austromyrina schraderi 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. [for publication date: Higgins (1963: 159), see Fletcher (1979)] [260 pl. 32] [see Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249–254, 360–363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 529 pp. [361] for date of publication, October 1865].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Sydney, NSW ('Sidney' given in original description)
Comment: the Felders in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; the type material was in the Felder collection which went to the BMNH via the Tring Mueum. - Ialmenus ictinus kooronya Edwards, E.O. 1956. Life-histories of sub-species of Ialmenus ictinus Hewitson, 1865; with descriptions of New Forms (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1954–55: 60-62 [61].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ (Edwards designated a holotype), Menangle Park, NSW (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂, Menangle Park, NSW. - Ialmenus ictinus penunga Edwards, E.O. 1956. Life-histories of sub-species of Ialmenus ictinus Hewitson, 1865; with descriptions of New Forms (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1954–55: 60-62 [62].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ (Edwards designated a holotype), Menangle Park, NSW (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) ANIC 1♂, Menangle Park, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kerr, J.F.R. & Macqueen, J. 1967. Notes on the genus Jalmenus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of a new species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 6: 45-48 [46] (commented on the identity of A schraderi C. & R. Felder)
- Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [327] (commented that the subspecific status of J. i. kooronya and J. i. penunga was doubtful)
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249-254, 360-363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [361] (noted that the date of publication date of Jalmenus ictinus Hewitson was 24 June 1865 and Austromyrina schraderi C. Felder & R. Felder was October 1865)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Occurs from Kuranda, Forty Mile Scrub, SSW of Mt Garnet and the Bogie River district W of Bowen and west to Mitchell, QLD, from Duaringa, Qld, through NSW and the ACT to central VIC, specimens have also been taken near Broken Hill, NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: attendant ants, herbivore (associated flora: Acacia decurrens Willd. [FABACEAE] Black Wattle; Acacia mearnsii De Wild. [FABACEAE] Black Wattle; Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. [FABACEAE] Blackwood; Acacia harpophylla F.Muell. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Brigalow; Acacia bidwillii Benth. [FABACEAE] Dogwood; Acacia implexa Benth. [FABACEAE] Hickory Wattle; Acacia rubida Cunn. [FABACEAE] Red-leaf Wattle; Heterodendrum diversifolium F.Muell. [SAPINDACEAE] Scrub Boonaree; Acacia dealbata Link [FABACEAE] Silver Wattle; Acacia pendula A.Cunn. ex G.Don [FABACEAE] Weeping Myall).
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae are attended by Iridomyrmex spp., predominantly I. purpureus (Smith) and I. spadius Shattuck.
General References
Burns, A.N. 1951. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera with descriptions of new subspecies and life histories. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 83-105 pls 1-6 [100]
Edwards, E.O. 1956. Life-histories of sub-species of Ialmenus ictinus Hewitson, 1865; with descriptions of New Forms (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1954–55: 60-62 [60] (discussed life history)
Kerr, J.F.R. & Macqueen, J. 1967. Notes on the genus Jalmenus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of a new species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 6: 45-48 [45]
Macqueen, J. 1947. Notes on two species of Australian lycaenid butterflies, Ialmenus ictinus Hewitson and Ialmenus sp. ?(schraderi (Feld.) ??). Queensland Naturalist 13: 75-79 [75]
Pierce, N.E. & Nash, D.R. 1999. The Imperial Blue, Jalmenus evagoras (Lycaenidae). pp. 279-315 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [280] (phylogeny)
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 [257]
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [191]
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