Species Ogyris zosine (Hewitson, 1853)
Northern Purple Azure, Purple Azure
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
- Papua New Guinea
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 celastroides Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema bifurcata (Benth.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema conspicua (F.M.Bailey) Danser [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema maidenii (Blakely) Barlow [LORANTHACEAE]; Amyema sanguinea (F.Muell.) Danser [LORANTHACEAE]; Decaisnina signata (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]; Dendrophthoe curvata Blume [LORANTHACEAE]; Dendrophthoe vitellina (F.Muell.) Tiegh. [LORANTHACEAE]).
General References
Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1905. A monograph of the genus Ogyris. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 269-292 [278]
Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1916. Notes on the synonymy of the Genus Ogyris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(17): 386-390 [386]
Braby, M.F. 1997. New larval food plants for some butterflies (Lepidoptera) from northern and central Queensland, Australia. Australian Entomologist 24: 97-108 [101] (biology)
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] (biology)
Miskin, W.H. 1890. A revision of the Australian Genus Ogyris with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5(1): 23-28 [23]
Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30 [344]
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 [245]
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 [235]
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 | ||
20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED |