Subspecies Ogyris halmaturia halmaturia (Tepper, 1890)

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• Ogyris halmaturia Tepper, 1890.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Grund, R. 2010. The taxonomy of Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890) stat. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 49: 114–120
• Braby, M.F., Douglas, F. & Willan, R.C. 2011. The nomenclature of Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist

Generic Combinations

• Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890).

Introduction

Braby et al. (2011) clarifed and resolved the nomenclature of this species, which has had a long and complex nomenclatural history. This complexity has arisen because: (1) the species group name halmaturia was based on a mixed series comprising two different species; (2) historically at least six authors have attempted to resolve the nomenclature of halmaturia, but most failed to render a valid and unambiguous lectotype designation; (3) one of these authors (N.B. Tindale) made a particularly confusing lectotype designation in 1923; and (4) introduction of the name Ogyris waterhouseri (Bethune-Baker, 1905). They argued that Tindale made the first valid and unambiguous lectotypification in 1923. Consequently, Braby et al. (2011) proposed that O. halmaturia is the senior synonym of O. waterhouseri and that Tepper’s syntype ‘female’ is the lectotype male of O. halmaturia. Subsequently, Beaver et al. (2023) treated waterhouseri as a subspecies of O. halmaturia based on consistent morphological differences between populations on the Australian mainland and Kangaroo Island, SA.

General References

Beaver, E.P., Braby, M.F., Glatz, R.V. & Young, D.A. 2023. Systemtatic revision of the Ogyris idmo (Hewitson, 1862) species group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): implications for the conservation management of Australia's most threatened butterflies. Invertebrate Systematics 37: 677–701 [Date published 11 October 2023]

Braby, M.F., Douglas, F. & Willan, R.C. 2011. The nomenclature of Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist

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