Subspecies Ogyris amaryllis hewitsoni (Waterhouse, 1902)
- Ogyris hewitsoni Waterhouse, G.A. 1902. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27(3): 331-342 [338].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL19917 ♂, Townsville, QLD (Waterhouse in original description specifically mentioned Townsville, QLD, Victoria and South Australia; he also stated that it occurred 'all through Australia').
Paralectotype(s) AM KL19918 1♀, Townsville, QLD
Comment: Waterhouse in the original description described both sexes and implied that he had many specimens, but did not mention a type; Waterhouse, G.A. 1934. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. VII. Description of new races. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 59(5–6): 416–420 [417] (mentioned types and this cannot be a lectotype designation).Type locality references:
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] [116] (treated as hewitsoni only specimens from northern coastal QLD, but did not mention a type or type locality; other specimens included in 1902 they placed in meridionalis Bethune Baker); Waterhouse, G.A. 1934. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. VII. Description of new races. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 59(5–6): 416-420; 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. [26] (restricted the type locality to Townsville, QLD).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Occurs from Cairns to Tin Can Bay south of Maryborough, inland to Gayndah, and Mt Larcom, QLD, and near Darwin and the Flinders Peninsula, NT.
Australian Endemic.
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), 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 coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1905. A monograph of the genus Ogyris. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 269-292 [285]
Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [246]
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] [181]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 09-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 25-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |