- Libythea geoffroy genia Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Australian butterflies in the Australian Museum. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 20(3): 217-222 [218] [incorrect subsequent spelling of geoffroy as geoffroyi].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL04801 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description mentioned a holotype), Wyndham, WA (both Wyndham, WA, and Darwin, NT, given in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL04802 ♀; AM KL04803 5♂ 1♀; AM KL04801 ♂, Wyndham, WA.Type locality references:
Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [23] (gave the type locality as Wyndham, WA).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [414] (biology)
Johnson, S.J. 1993. Butterfly records of interest from northern Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 20(2): 75-76 [75]
History of changes
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| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |