Species Mesodina cyanophracta Lower, 1911

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mesodina halyzia cyanophracta Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [119].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA L3758 ♂, Perth, WA (designated in original description).
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 1♂ 3♀, Perth, WA
  Comment: Lower in the original description referred to types and mentioned five specimens; Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 5(1): 49–62 [52] (discussed type material); Edwards, E.D. 1987. A new species of Mesodina Meyrick from the Northern Territory (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1–2): 4–12 [9] (discussed label data and type specimen information); 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. (interpret 'types' to mean syntypes rather than a type male and a type female).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(1): 49-62 [52] (referred to a male specimen as holotype); Edwards, E.D. 1987. A new species of Mesodina Meyrick from the Northern Territory (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1–2): 4-12 [9] (accepted Waterhouse's (1933) reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation; and made comments about the authenticity of the lectotype).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Patersonia juncea Lindl. [IRIDACEAE] Rush Leaved Patersonia; Patersonia lanata R.Br. [IRIDACEAE] Woolly Patersonia; Patersonia umbrosa xanthina (Oldfield & F.Muell. ex F.Muell.) Domin [IRIDACEAE] Yellow Flag; Patersonia occidentalis R.Br. [IRIDACEAE]).

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [183] (biology)

Edwards, E.D. 1987. A new species of Mesodina Meyrick from the Northern Territory (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1–2): 4-12 [4] (revised status of cyanophracta to specific rank)

Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [119] (described cyanophracta as a subspecies, suggested possibility of species rank)

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] [180] (illustrations)

Williams, A.A.E. & Atkins, A.F. 1996. The life history of the Western Australian skipper Mesodina cyanophracta Lower (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Australian Entomologist 23: 49-54 [49] (biology)

Williams, A.A.E. & Miller, G. 2008. Three new larval food plants for the blue iris skipper Mesodina cyanophracta Lower (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Australian Entomologist 35(3): 107-109

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023	PAPILIONOIDEA	22-Dec-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	HESPERIIDAE	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED