Species Mimene atropatene (Fruhstorfer, 1911)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Parnara atropatene Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 25(2–6): 9-79 pl. 1 [56].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀ (Fruhstorfer used the female symbol in the singular and this is interpreted as evidence that he had a single specimen), Waigeo Is., Irian Jaya (as Waigiu, West Irian; indicated in original description).
• Telesto wollastoni Rothschild, L.W. 1915. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. Macrolepidoptera. Part 1. London : Hazell, Watson & Viney pp. 1-168. [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (Rothschild stated in the original description that he had one male), Utakwa River, sea level, Irian Jaya (as Dutch New Guinea; indicated in original description).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [430]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

In Australia found only at Iron Range, QLD; extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Is., Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Larval food plants not recorded.

 

General References

Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [430] (gave type specimen information)

Miller, C.G. 1975. The first record from Australia of the skipper Mimene atropatene Fruhstorfer (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 2(3): 50 [50]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [176] (P. atropatene type specimen information)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011		05-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)