Subspecies Ogyris zosine zosine (Hewitson, 1853)

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Subspecies Ogyris zosine zosine (Hewitson, 1853)

Ogyris zosine 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] [95 pl. 48] [the species represented by the names O. zosine (Hewitson) and O. genoveva (Hewitson) were confused in all literature prior to 1941].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Brisbane, QLD (Australia given in original description)
Comment: Hewitson in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described, but he indicated that specimens were in the Hewitson and in the Saunders collections; 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. [144] (listed a single specimen in the Hewitson collection); 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; since 1914 references to a type have been to the single male illustrated by Hewitson and in his collection; the specimen in the Saunders collection has not been considered and its current whereabouts is unknown).
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 [278] (referred to the type form from Townsville, QLD); 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 evidence that the type locality was Brisbane, QLD); Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1916. Notes on the synonymy of the Genus Ogyris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(17): 386-390 [388] (disagreed with Waterhouse & Lyell's evidence that the type locality was Brisbane but gave no alternative); Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30 [345] (misread Bethune-Baker's statements about Hewitson's labelling but agreed with Waterhouse & Lyell that the type locality should be Brisbane; this was clearly stated on p. 346); 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] (provided convincing evidence that the type locality was Brisbane; the 'holotype' was collected by Frederick Strange who collected in the Brisbane area; Whittell, H.M. 1947. Frederick Strange. Australian Zoologist 11: 96–114 [96] gave Strange's collecting localities).
Ogyris zozine typhon 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] [120].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL19666 ♂, Townsville, QLD (in original description Cooktown, Kuranda, Cairns, Ingham, Townsville and Mackay, QLD, listed as well as Fortescue River, WA, and Darwin, NT).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL19667 1♀, Townsville, QLD
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned 20 males and 14 females.
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 Townsville, QLD).
Ogyris zosine zolivia 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].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL25549 ♂, Whitsunday Is. and Hayman Is., QLD (in original description).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL 25551 4♂1♀, Hayman or Whitsunday Is.; AM KL25549 3♂ 2♀, Hayman Is. or Whitsunday Is., QLD; AM KL25551 1♂, Hayman Is. or Whitsunday Is., QLD
Comment: Waterhouse in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described nor did he mention a type.
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] (did not give the locality of origin of the lectotype).
Ogyris zosine zenobia Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1916. Notes on the synonymy of the Genus Ogyris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(17): 386-390 [389] [originally described as the fourth term in a quadrinomial; Bethune-Baker (1916) used zenobia as a subspecies name].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL25558 ♀, Ballina, NSW (Richmond River, NSW, given by Waterhouse & Lyell)
Comment: Bethune-Baker elevated a Waterhouse & Lyell name to species group level, thus the types will be the specimens Waterhouse & Lyell based their infrasubspecific name on; Waterhouse & Lyell listed three females.
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] (gave the label data of the lectotype which was Ballina, NSW).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [476]

Tindale, N.B. 1923. On Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 342-354 pls 28-30 [346]

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]

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] [120]

Wyatt, C. 1955. Going Wild. The autobiography of a bug-hunter. London : Hollis & Carter pp. xii 1-214. [171]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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

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