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Subspecies Mydosama terminus terminus (Fabricius, 1775)

Orange Bushbrown

 

Generic Combinations

  • Mydosama terminus terminus (Fabricius, 1775).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Braby, M.F. 1994. Morphology of the early stages of Mycalesis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from north-east Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 33: 289-294 [289]

Braby, M.F. 1994. Phenotypic variation on adult Mycalesis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Australian wet-dry tropics. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 33: 327-336 [327]

Braby, M.F. 1994. The significance of egg size variation in butterflies in relation to hostplant quality. Oikos 71: 119-129 [119]

Braby, M.F. 1995. Reproductive patterns and resource allocation in tropical butterflies: influence of adult diet and seasonal phenotype on fecundity, longevity and egg size. Oikos 72: 189-204 [189]

Braby, M.F. 1995. Reproductive seasonality in tropical satyrine butterflies: strategies for the dry season. Ecological Entomology 20: 5-17 [5]

Braby, M.F. 1995. Seasonal changes in relative abundance and spatial distribution of Australian lowland tropical satyrine butterflies. Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 209-229 [209]

Braby, M.F. 1995. The distribution, status and habitat associations of the satyrine (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) fauna of northeastern Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 51-61 [51]

Braby, M.F. & Jones, R.E. 1994. Effect of temperature and hostplants on survival, development and body size in three tropical Satyrine butterflies from north-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 195-213 [195]

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [322] (biology)

Moore, G.J. 1999. The Bushbrowns, Mycalesis species (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). pp. 217-226 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [217]

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] [110]

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] [29] (description, distribution)

 

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)
05-Mar-2013 18-Aug-2015 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 30-Mar-2012 MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011 MOVED