Subspecies Nacaduba kurava parma Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

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• Nacaduba perusia parma 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] [95].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM KL23661 ♂, Ballina, NSW (many localities given in original description).
  Paralectotype(s) AM KL23681 1♀, Kuranda, QLD
  Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned forty six males and forty six females; Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [28] (gave type specimen information).

  Type locality references:

  Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [28] (restricted the type locality to Ballina, NSW); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp.
• Nacaduba syrias Fruhstorfer, H. 1916. Revision der Gattung Nacaduba auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 2(2): 103-140 pls 4, 5 [Date published 30 Aug 1916] [136].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Cairns, QLD (designated in original description)
  Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described but did give two months of occurrence.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Toxopeus, L.J. 1927. Lycaenidae Australasiae III. On Nacaduba kurava Moore and other species of Nacaduba (Lep. Lycaenidae). Treubia 9(4): 423-436 pl. 1 [429]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [548]

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Lycaenidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 3 336-512 pp. [400]

Smales, M. & Ledward, C.P. 1943. Notes on the life histories of some lycaenid butterflies. Part II. (With notes on some skippers). Queensland Naturalist 12(3): 47-52 [50]

Tite, G.E. 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 13(4): 7-116 pl. 2 [81]

Toxopeus, L.J. 1927. Lycaenidae Australasiae III. On Nacaduba kurava Moore and other species of Nacaduba (Lep. Lycaenidae). Treubia 9(4): 423-436 pl. 1 [429]

 

History of changes

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