Subspecies Phaedyma shepherdi shepherdi (Moore, 1858)
Common Aeroplane
- Neptis shepherdi Moore, F. 1858. Monograph of the Asiatic species of Neptis and Athyma, two genera of diurnal Lepidoptera belonging to the family Nymphalidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858(26): 3-20 3 pls [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [8 pl. 50 fig. 1].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Rh9620 ♂, Moreton Bay, QLD. (NSW given in original description).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH Rh9621 1♂
Comment: Moore in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described but referred to specimens in three collections.Type locality references:
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 [127] (gave the locality of the type specimen as Moreton Bay). - Neptis latifasciata Butler, A.G. 1875. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Rhopalocera of Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 23(1): 1-10 [4].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Rh9625 ♀ (Butler in the original description mentioned a type), QLD (in original description)
Comment: Gabriel, A.G. 1927. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part III. Nymphalidae. London : British Museum 128 pp. [71] (type information); 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 [127] (sex of the holotype).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Common along rainforest margins on Torres Strait islands.
Australian Endemic.
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
Distribution References
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. [382] (biology)
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 [127]
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] [82]
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [51] (description, distribution)
History of changes
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 18-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |