Subspecies Oreixenica orichora paludosa (Lucas, 1892)

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• Xenica paludosa Lucas, T.P. 1892. On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities, &c. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8(3): 68-94 [71].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, near Launceston, TAS (in original description)
  Comment: Lucas in the original description mentioned both sexes; Couchman, L.E. 1953. Notes on some species of Oreixenica Waterhouse & Lyell (Lepidoptera, Satyridae), with descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 22(5–6): 73–84 [74] (identified two possible female types, stated that Lucas' description was of the female only, and identified the specimens as synonymous with O. latialis Waterhouse & Lyell, he chose to apply the name paludosa to an unknown Tasmanian population of O. latialis on the basis of these specimens); Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 90: 1–33 [25] (again discussed the types); Couchman, L.E. & Couchman, R. 1977. The butterflies of Tasmania. Tasmanian Year Book No. 11. pp. 66–96. [86] (had decided by this date that no population of O. latialis was likely to be found in Tasmania and that the specimens in the SAMA were not types or were wrongly labelled, he then applied the name paludosa to the Tasmanian butterfly previously known as O. orichora flynni Hardy).
• Oreixenica flynni Hardy, G.H.H. 1916. A new Tasmanian butterfly and a list of the known Tasmanian species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1916: 146-147 [published as a separate, 1916] [146].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KL01697 ♀ (Hardy in the original description stated that he had a single female), Cradle Mountain, 3000 ft, TAS (designated in original description)
  Comment: Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 90: 1–33 [25] (type information but the 'neallotype' mentioned has no status); 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. [21] (type information).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Couchman, L.E. & Couchman, R. 1977. The butterflies of Tasmania. Tasmanian Year Book No. 11. pp. 66–96. [86]
• Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [355]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Central highlands, TAS.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [261] (as Oreixenica orichora flynni Hardy, biology, discussed confusion over identity of the species)

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [355] (as Oreixenica orichora paludosa T.P. Lucas, 1892; description, distribution, discussed confusion over identity of the species)

Couchman, L.E. 1946. Notes on the Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1945: 49-53 [50] (as Oreixenica orichora flynni Hardy)

Couchman, L.E. 1953. Notes on some species of Oreixenica Waterhouse & Lyell (Lepidoptera, Satyridae), with descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 22(5–6): 73-84 [73] (as Oreixenica paludosa T.P. Lucas, 1892, investigated history of the name and identification of the species)

Couchman, L.E. & Couchman, R. 1977. The butterflies of Tasmania. Tasmanian Year Book No. 11. pp. 66–96. [87] (as Oreixenica orichora paludosa T.P. Lucas, 1892, description, distribution)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Catalogue of the Rhopalocera of Australia. Memoirs of the NSW Naturalists' Club No. 1. iii 49 pp. [18] (suggested Xenica paludosa T.P. Lucas, 1892 was probably a variety of Xenica orichora Meyrick, 1885)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [118] (as Oreixenica orichora flynni Hardy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	19-Jul-2017	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		05-Apr-2011	MOVED