Subspecies Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei Olliff, 1891

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• Libythea nicevillei Olliff, A.S., 1891. Stray notes on Lepidoptera. No. 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(1): 27-30 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KL04770 ♀, Cape York, QLD and Papua New Guinea (as New Guinea) (Peters gives Cape York).
  Paratype(s) AM KL04770 ♀, Somerset, Cape York, QLD (Somerset, Cape York and Port Moresby given in original description)
  Comment: Olliff in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens he described, but he did indicate two localities.

  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 Cape York as the type locality).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE 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. [415] (biology)

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Nymphalidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 4 513-660 pp. [572]

Johnson, S.J. & Valentine, P.S. 1989. The life history of Libythea geoffroy nicevillei Olliff (Lepidoptera: Libytheidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 16(3): 59-62 [59] (biology)

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] (type specimen identifer)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Australian butterflies in the Australian Museum. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 20(3): 217-222 [217] (as Libythea geoffroy nicevillei Olliff, 1891, description, distribution)

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] [67] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Libythea geoffroyi nicevillei Olliff, 1891, description, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		16-Jan-2014	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
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