Genus Phaedyma Felder, 1861

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• Phaedyma Felder, C. 1861. Ein neues Lepidopteron aus der Familie Nymphaliden und seine Stellung im natürlichen Systeme, begründet aus der Synopse der ürbrigen Gattungen. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 28(3): 1-50 1 pl. [31].

  Type species:

   Papilio heliodora Cramer, 1779 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [247].
• Andrapana Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 147, further generic description on p. 218].

  Type species:

   Papilio columella Cramer, 1780 by original designation.
• Andasenodes Moore, F. 1898. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Potamina, Euthaliina, Limenitina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 3(30–34) pp. 113-216. [146] [name introduced in a key on p. 146, type species designated on p. 147, further generic description Moore, F. 1899. Lepidoptera Indica. Rhopalocera: family Nymphalidae, sub-family Nymphalinae (continued), groups Limenitina, Nymphalina, and Argynnina. London : Lovell Reeve & Co. Vol. 4(37–41) pp. 1–112 (44)].

  Type species:

   Neptis mimetica Grose-Smith, 1895 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Eliot, J.N. 1969. An analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 15: 1-156 pls 1-3 [6]
• Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [246]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands
• Indonesia
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
  • Kei Islands
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

General References

Ackery, P.R. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 33: 95-203 [152] (bibliography)

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [381]

Eliot, J.N. 1969. An analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 15: 1-156 pls 1-3 [117] (taxonomy)

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [595]

 

History of changes

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06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	19-Jul-2017	MODIFIED
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30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
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