Species Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, 1894
Green Grass-dart
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Timor), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Imperata cylindrica (L.) P.Beauv. [POACEAE] Blady Grass; Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. [POACEAE] Couch Grass; Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P.Beauv. [POACEAE] False Brome; Panicum maximum Jacq., 1781 [POACEAE] Guinea Grass; Pennisetum clandestinum Chiov. [POACEAE] Kikuyu Grass; Thuarea involuta (G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Sm. [POACEAE] Tropical Beachgrass; Paspalum vaginatum Sw. [POACEAE]; Lolium sp. [POACEAE]; Ehrharta erecta Lam. [POACEAE]; Bromus stamineus E.Desv. [POACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced larval food plants include Brachypodium distachyon, Bromus stamineus, Ehrharta erecta, Lolium sp., Panicum maximum, Paspalum vaginatum, Pennisetum clandestinum (Poaceae).
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Ocybadistes walkeri walkeri Heron, 1894
Ocybadistes walkeri Heron, F.A. 1894. Lepidoptera. 101–107 in Walker, J.J. A visit to Damma Island, East Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 14: 98–113 [106].
Type data: lectotype (probable) BMNH ♂*; Heron mentioned in the original description that he described several specimens.
Subsequent designation: Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112–172 [148] (referred to a type); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (interpret Lower's (1911) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality: Damar Is. (as Damma Is.), Indonesia (Damma Is. and Darwin given in original description), see Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Australian Hesperiidae. IV. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 58(5–6): 461–466 (restricted the type locality to Damar Is., Indonesia).
General References
Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Australian Hesperiidae. IV. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58(5–6): 461-466 [465] (specific revision)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |