Species Ogyris genoveva (Hewitson, 1853)
Southern Purple Azure
- Ogyris genoveva Hewitson, W.C. 1853. Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. London : John van Voorst Vol. 1(5-7). [issued 1853, dated 1851–1856] [96 pl. 48] [the species represented by the names O. genoveva (Hewitson) and O. zosine (Hewitson) were confused in all literature prior to 1941].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Brisbane, QLD (Australia given in original description)
Comment: Hewitson in the original description stated that the female illustrated was the only one he had seen, it was in his own collection and his figures of the holotype leave no doubt of its identity; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [145] (listed two specimens in the Hewitson collection but one of these was acquired after the original description; Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1905. A monograph of the genus Ogyris. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 269–292 [278] did not mention a type but mentioned a type form from Townsville under the name zosine); 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 [119] referred to a type female described as blue but figured as green by Hewitson in the original publication and originating from Brisbane; Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1916. Notes on the synonymy of the Genus Ogyris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(17): 386–390 [386] (referred to selecting a female type in 1905 which he had not done, and the specimen he mentioned in 1916 was a purple female which could not have been Hewitson's original, single, specimen; under magna he again mentioned a type of genoveva); Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342–354 pls 28–30 [344] (discussed the history of the name mentioning types and agreed that the type came from Brisbane); Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 66(3–4): 233–238 [236] (recognised that genoveva and zosine had been confused and discussed the holotype of genoveva and confirmed the type locality as Brisbane, QLD).Type locality references:
Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp.; Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1905. A monograph of the genus Ogyris. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 269-292 [269] (referred to the type form from Townsville but under the name of zosine to which he may have been only referring rather than to genoveva or to both); Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1905. A monograph of the genus Ogyris. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 269-292; 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] [119] (gave Brisbane as the type locality); 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]; Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1916. Notes on the synonymy of the Genus Ogyris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(17): 386-390; Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30 [344] (discussed the type locality of both zosine and genoveva but often failed to distinguish which he was discussing); Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30; Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238 [236] (discussed previous work and provided clear evidence for a type locality of Brisbane; the type of genoveva was obtained from Frederick Strange who collected in the Brisbane area; Whittell, H.M. 1947. Frederick Strange. Australian Zoologist 11: 96–114 [96] discussed Strange's collecting localities); Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238. - Ogyris zosine magna Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1905. A monograph of the genus Ogyris. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 269-292 [281].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, Brisbane, QLD (designated in original description)
Comment: Bethune-Baker in the original description referred to types but not individually, and he described both sexes; 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 [119] (did not mention a type); Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1916. Notes on the synonymy of the Genus Ogyris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(17): 386–390 [387] (referred to types); Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342–354 pls 28–30 [344] (did not mention a type); Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 66(3–4): 233–238 [237] (did not specifically mention a type, although he did mention a holotype ambiguously but was probably talking about genoveva).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]; Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1916. Notes on the synonymy of the Genus Ogyris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(17): 386-390; Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30; Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238. - Ogyris zozine araxes Burns, A.N. 1931. Habits and life histories of some Victorian lycaenid butterflies. Victorian Naturalist 48: 129-136 [129] [junior primary homonym of Ogyris zosine araxes Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, Horsham, Dimboola and Hattah, VIC (in original description)
Comment: Burns described both sexes, he described the subspecies inadvertently and marked no type material. - Ogyris zosine araxes 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] [121].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL19789 ♂ (Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned a type), Dimboola, VIC (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL19790 1♀, Dimboola, VIC
Comment: 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. [25] (type information). - Ogyris zosine splendida Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30 [347 pl. xxix fig. 12].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I13170 ♀ (Tindale in the original description mentioned a type), Mt Painter, Flinders Range, SA (designated in original description)
Comment: Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 66(3–4): 233–238 [238] (stated that Tindale had a single female).Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238. - Ogyris genoveva gela Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238 [237].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL19759 ♂, St. Mary's, NSW (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL19759 4♂ 3♀, St Mary's, NSW
Comment: Waterhouse in the original description mentioned several localities but not a type; 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. [25] (listed paralectotypes in AM not marked as such). - Ogyris genoveva genua Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238 [237].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL19824 ♂, Woodside, SA (Waterhouse gave Mt Lofty Ranges near Adelaide, SA, in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL19824 3♂ 7♀, Woodside, SA
Comment: Waterhouse in the original description mentioned both sexes; 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. [25] (listed paralectotypes in AM but unlabelled as such).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. [25] (restricted the type locality to Woodside, SA); 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. - Ogyris zosine duaringa Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1905. A monograph of the genus Ogyris. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 269-292 [280].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, Coomooboolaroo, QLD (designated in original description; Coomooboolaroo was the name of George Barnard's property near Duaringa, QLD); AM KL19738 2♂ 2♀
Comment: Bethune-Baker in the original description stated that there was a long series in the Tring Museum but did not mention a type; Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342–354 pls 28–30 [344] (did not mention a type); Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 66(3–4): 233–238 [237] (did not mention a type, but stated that two pairs had been given to Waterhouse by Rothschild); 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. [25] (listed four syntypes in the AM).Type locality references:
Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30; Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238; 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.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238 [234]
- Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Occurs extensively throughout, NSW, ACT, VIC, to Mt Painter in the northern Flinders Ranges, SA, there is also a record from W of Zanthus in WA, in QLD it occurs predominantly in the SE with an isolated population at Eungella and others from Yeppoon, Duaringa and Marlborough.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE] Drooping Mistletoe; Amyema quandang (Lindl.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE] Grey Mistletoe; Amyema cambagei (Blakely) Danser [LORANTHACEAE] Needle-leaf Mistletoe; Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Blakely) Barlow [LORANTHACEAE] Orange Mistletoe; Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE] Stalked Mistletoe; Muellerina eucalyptoides Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema bifurcata (Benth.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema congener Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema conspicua (F.M.Bailey) Danser [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema miraculosa (Miq.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Dendrophthoe vitellina (F.Muell.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]).
General References
Eastwood, R. 1997. Field observations on the symbiotic interactions of Ogyris genoveva (Hewitson) and Ogyris zosine (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with Camponotus spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Entomologist 24(3): 137-143 [137]
McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : Nelson xxxi 206 pp. [77]
Miskin, W.H. 1883. On Ogyris genoveva Hewitson, and its life-history. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883: 343-345 pl. XV [343] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae VIII. On Ogyris zosine Hew. and O. genoveva Hew. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 233-238 [234]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
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