Species Nephele subvaria (Walker, 1856)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Zonilia subvaria Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, Australia.
• Zonilia metapyrrha Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, Moreton Bay [QLD].
• Deilephila dalii Newman, E. 1857. Characters of a few Australian Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Thomas R. Oxley. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2 3: 281-300.
• Zonilia antipoda Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 31: 1-321 [Part 31 dated 1864 but published 11 February, 1865] [nomen nudum].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [208]

 

Generic Combinations

• Nephele metapyrrha (Walker, 1856). —
  Butler, A.G. 1876. Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9(3): 511-644, pls 90-94 [625]
• Nephele subvaria (Walker, 1856). —
  Butler, A.G. 1876. Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9(3): 511-644, pls 90-94 [624]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA across northern Australia, through central and eastern QLD to northeastern NSW and south to Sydney; New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [208]

Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [268] (Note #501: Nephele subvaria (Walker, 1856) and Nephele metapyrrha (Walker, 1856) were published simultaneously. N. subvaria (Walker) was given priority by Miskin (1891b) as first reviser)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2024	Macroglossinae	19-Sep-2020	MODIFIED
11-Dec-2014	SPHINGIDAE	20-Jul-2015	MODIFIED
07-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED