Subspecies Telicota colon colon (Fabricius, 1775)
- Papilio colon colon Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [531].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH sex unknown (Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Corbet, A.S. 1941. Observations on certain of the Fabrician names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera (Lepid.). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 10(6): 98–106 [105] (noted that the type was originally in the Thott collection); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [518] (recorded the type as lost). Type locality: India (designated in original description), see Corbet, A.S. 1942. The Linnaean names of Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. Pt 3. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 11: 91–94 [94] (examined the type specimen in ZMH in 1933, and suggested South India as the type locality)).
Generic Combinations
- Telicota colon colon (Fabricius, 1775).
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. [POACEAE] Common Reed; Chrysopogon fallax S.T.Blake [POACEAE]; Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze [POACEAE]).
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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