Subspecies Jameela palmyra tasmanicus (Miskin, 1890)
- Lycaenesthes tasmanicus Miskin, W.H. 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(1): 29-43 [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)] [40].
Type data:
Lectotype QM T.12421 ♂, Cairns, QLD (Tasmania designated in original description)
Comment: Miskin in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.Type locality references:
Miskin, W.H. 1891. A synonymical catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Butterflies) of Australia with full bibliographical reference: including descriptions of some new species. Annals of the Queensland Museum 1: [i]-xx 1-[93] [i]-ix [59] (doubted the type locality of Tasmania and recorded a specimen from Cairns, QLD); 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 [229] (stated that the original locality was erroneous); Waterhouse, G.A. 1928. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 401-412, pl. 25 [409] (suggested Cairns, QLD, as the type locality but without reasons). - Lycaena elaborata Lucas, T.P. 1900. New species of Queensland Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 15: 137-161 [137].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA ♂, Brisbane, QLD (designated in original description)
Comment: Lucas in the original description mentioned a single pair.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [228]
- 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. [253]
Generic Combinations
- Jameela palmyra tasmanicus (Miskin, 1890).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Tanimbar).
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Smales, M. & Ledward, C.P. 1943. Notes on the life histories of some lycaenid butterflies. Part II. (With notes on some skippers). Queensland Naturalist 12(3): 47-52 [50] (biology)
Tite, G.E. 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 13(4): 7-116 pl. 2 [103]
Waterhouse, G.A. 1928. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 401-412, pl. 25 [409]
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] [157]
History of changes
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