Species Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Long-tailed Pea-blue, Pea Blue
- Papilio boeticus Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [789] [only synonyms described from Australia are listed for this widely occurring species].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Barbaria (in original description)
Comment: Linnaeus in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [455] (referred to a holotype unjustifiably). - Papilio damoetes Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [526].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Botany Bay, NSW (New Holland given in original description)
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [518] (listed a single male in the Banks collection); 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. (as the species was described from the Banks collection, and as only one specimen is listed, this is accepted as evidence of a holotype).Type locality references:
Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209 [205] (suggested Cooktown as the type locality of nearly all of the Fabrician types from Cook's first voyage but this may be one of the exceptions); 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] [101] (suggested Endeavour River as the type locality of most of the Fabrician species from Cook's first voyage but this may be one of the few from Botany Bay, NSW); Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33 [12] (suggested Botany Bay, NSW as the type locality).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Hawaii, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Afrotropical Region, Oriental Region, Palaearctic Region, one of the most widespread butterflies known, occurs throughout the old world and widely in the Pacific Ils.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
- Hawaii
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Templetonia retusa (Vent.) R.Br. [FABACEAE] Bullock Bush; Dipogon lignosus (L.) Verdc. [FABACEAE] Dolichos Pea; Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Pers. [FABACEAE] Sesbania Pea; Swainsona galegifolia (Andrews) R.Br. [FABACEAE] Smooth Darling Pea; Cullen patens (Lindl.) J.W.Grimes [FABACEAE] Spreading Scurf-pea; Swainsona formosa (G.Don) Joy Thomps. [FABACEAE] Sturt's Desert Pea; Wisteria chinensis Siebold [FABACEAE]; Cytisus proliferus L.f. [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria goreensis Guillemin & Perrottet [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria pallida Aiton [FABACEAE]; Lupinus sp. [FABACEAE]; Dolichos sp. [FABACEAE]; Lathyrus odoratus L. [FABACEAE]; Pisum sativum L. [FABACEAE]; Phaseolus vulgaris L. [FABACEAE]; Vicia faba L. [FABACEAE]; Vicia sativa L. [FABACEAE]; Virgilia oroboides (Bergius) T.M.Salter [FABACEAE]; Cajanus reticulatus (Aiton) F.Muell. [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria alata D.Don [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria cunninghamii R.Br. [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria eremaea F.Muell. [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria mitchellii Benth. [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria mucronata Desv. [FABACEAE]; Crotalaria novaehollandiae DC. [FABACEAE]; Gompholobium ecostatum Kuchel [FABACEAE]; Kennedia prostrata R.Br. [FABACEAE]; Lotus australis Andrews [FABACEAE]; Pultenaea tenuifolia Sims [FABACEAE]; Swainsona greyana Lindley [FABACEAE]; Swainsona stipularis F.Muell. [FABACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced plants include Chamaecytisus proliferus, Crotalaria goreensis, C. pallida, Dipogon lignosus, Dolichos sp., Lathyrus odoratus, Lupinus sp., Pisum sativum, Phaseolus vulgaris, Vicia faba, V. sativa, Virgilia oroboides, Wisteria sinensis (Fabaceae).
General References
Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33 [11]
Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture B 44(Suppl.): 1-102 [52]
History of changes
| 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) |
| 06-Sep-2017 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 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 |