Species Oreixenica ptunarra Couchman, 1953

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Species Oreixenica ptunarra Couchman, 1953

Ptunarra Brown, Ptunarra Xenica

Oreixenica ptunarra ptunarra 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 [77].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (Couchman in the original description designated a holotype, which was in the Couchman collection, now in ANIC), Miena, 3300 ft, TAS (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, Miena, TAS
Comment: Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 90: 1–33 [27] (type information).
Oreixenica ptunarra angeli 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 [79].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (Couchman designated a holotype, which was in the Couchman collection, now in ANIC), Lake Leake, 1800–2000 ft, TAS (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) ANIC both sexes, Lake Leake, TAS; AM KL04897 2♂, Lake Leake, TAS; SAMA I.18979 unknown number, Lake Leake, TAS; NMV T.3485-T.3486 2♂, Lake Leake, TAS; BMNH unknown number, Lake Leake, TAS
Comment: Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 90: 1–33 [28] (type information); 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).
Oreixenica ptunarra roonina 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 [78].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (Couchman in the original description designated a holotype, which was in the Couchman collection, now in ANIC), Mike Howes Marsh, 2100 ft, TAS (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) ANIC 1♀, Mike Howes Marsh, TAS
Comment: Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 90: 1–33 [28] (type information); 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] (listed two paratypes in the AM, but these were not mentioned in the original description and have no status); a male listed in the NMV web site was not mentioned by Couchman.
Type locality references:
Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33; 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.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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

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 (associated flora: Poa gunnii Vick. [POACEAE]; Poa labillardieri Steudel [POACEAE]; Poa rodwayi Vick. [POACEAE]).

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [262, 264] (description, biology, distribution)

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [356] (description, biology, distribution)

Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33 [27] (bibliography and types)

Couchman, L.E. & Couchman, R. 1977. The butterflies of Tasmania. Tasmanian Year Book No. 11. pp. 66–96. [86, 89] (description, distribution)

McQuillan, P.B. & Ek, C.J. 1997. A biogeographical analysis of the Tasmanian endemic Ptunarra Brown Butterfly, Oreixenica ptunarra Couchman, 1953 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 21-37 [21]

Neyland, M. 1992. The Ptunarra Brown Butterfly Oreixenica ptunarra Conservation Research Statement. Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage, Hobart, Tasmania. 1-101 pp. [1] (conservation biology)

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	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023	PAPILIONOIDEA	22-Dec-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020	NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		05-Apr-2011	MOVED

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