Subspecies Mydosama sirius sirius (Fabricius, 1775)
Cedar Bushbrown
- Papilio sirius Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [488].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Rh5041 ♀, Cooktown, QLD (as nova Hollandia in original description)
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1924. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part I. Satyrinae. London : British Museum 62 pp. [54] (listed a single female type in the BMNH and gave type information); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [515] (listed a single specimen in the Banks collection and as Fabricius described the species from the Banks collection this is accepted as evidence for a holotype); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [553] (referred to a holotype female).Type locality references:
Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209 [205] (suggested Cooktown as the type locality); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [101] (confirmed Cooktown, QLD, as the likely type locality). Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, Australia (locality was indicated as unknown in original description)
Comment: Fabricius described an illustration in Jones Icones; the specimen(s) came from the Drury collection.Type locality references:
Butler, A.G. 1868. Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Family Satyridae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum vi 211 pp. 4 pls. [145] (gave the locality as Australia).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [33]
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 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. [244]
Generic Combinations
- Mydosama sirius sirius (Fabricius, 1775).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea).
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
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] [112]
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] [28] (description, distribution)
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