Subspecies Leptotes plinius pseudocassius (Murray, 1873)
- Lampides pseudocassius Murray, R.P. 1873. Description of new Japanese species of Lycaena and change of name of L cassioides, Murray. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 10: 126 [Date published November 1873] [126] [replacement name for Lampides cassioides Murray, 1873].
- Lampides cassioides Murray, R.P. 1873. Descriptions of new species of exotic Rhopalocera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 10: 107-108 [108] [junior secondary homonym of Lycaena cassioides Boisduval, 1870].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Brisbane, QLD (designated in original description)
Comment: Murray 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. [463] (referred unjustifiably to a holotype). - Syntarucus manusi Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A.S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier, and Vulcan Islands. Novitates Zoologicae 22: 192-208, 387-442 [390].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (Rothschild in the original description stated that he had one male), Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea (designated in original description).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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. [254]
- Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [463]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
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] [165]
History of changes
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| 06-Sep-2017 | 16-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |