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Species Mesodina halyzia (Hewitson, 1868)

Eastern Iris-skipper, Halyzia Skipper

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Patersonia fragilis (Labill.) Asch. & Graebn. [IRIDACEAE] Swamp Iris; Patersonia glabrata R.Br. [IRIDACEAE]; Patersonia occidentalis R.Br. [IRIDACEAE]; Patersonia sericea R.Br. [IRIDACEAE]).

 

General References

Anderson, E. & Spry, F.P. 1894. Victorian Butterflies and How to Collect Them. Part 2. Melbourne : H. Hearne & Co. pp. 79-129. [125] (illustration)

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] (compared halyzia, aeluropis, cyanophracta and gracillima)

Edwards, E.O. 1958. Building a home. Construction of a shelter by larvae of the butterfly Mesodina halyziz halyzia (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1956–57: 66-69 [66] (larval shelter construction)

Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [118] (redescription, designation of a subspecies)

Meyrick, E. & Lower, O. 1902. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26(2): 38-129 [47, 82] (redescription as Mesodina, noted Miskin's 1891 incorrect identification of bathrophora as halyzia)

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 [80]

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] [226] (biology)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [116] (discussed misidentifications)

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] [179] (illustrations)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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