Subspecies Oreixenica kershawi kununda Tindale, 1949

Museums

Regional Maps

• Oreixenica kershawi kununda Tindale, N.B. 1949. New Satyridae of the genus Oreixenica from South Australia and New South Wales together with notes on the recent climate of southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(2): 143-156 pl. 12 [144].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I.18963 ♀ (Tindale in the original description designated a holotype), Canunda Swamp, 8 miles W of Millicent, SA (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) SAMA I.18963 1♂, Canunda Swamp, SA; NMV T.3484 1♂, Dartmoor,VIC.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE 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. [365] (description, distribution)

Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp. [158] (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		05-Apr-2011	MOVED