Species Philiris innotata (Miskin, 1874)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudodipsas innotatus Miskin, W.H. 1874. New Lycaenidae from Queensland. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 11: 165 [165].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM ♂ ♀, Brisbane, QLD (designated in original description)
  Comment: Miskin in the original description mentioned both sexes; Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519–528 [525] (was unable to locate any syntypes in the QM); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [375] (referred to a syntype male but did not know of a specimen).

  Type locality references:

  Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519-528; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp.
• Philiris innotatus evinculis Wind, R.G. & Clench, H.K. 1947. New Indo-Australian Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 42(1): 1-16 [11].

  Type data:

   Holotype CU ♂ (Wind & Clench designated a holotype), Redlynch, QLD (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) CU 1♂ 1♀, Redlynch, QLD; RGWC 1♂ 1♀, Redlynch, QLD
  Comment: Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [376] (referred to a holotype).

  Type locality references:

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

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.
• Sands, D.P.A 2015. Review of Australian Philiris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on variation and descriptions of two new subspecies from Cape York Peninsula. Australian Entomologist 42(4): 219-252 [236]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

In Australia known from Cape York, QLD, south to Port Macquarie, NSW, and inland to Mt Moffatt, QLD; extralimital distribution—Papua New Guinea.

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), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Ficus benghalensis L. [MORACEAE]; Ficus congesta Wall. ex Roxb. [MORACEAE]; Ficus coronata Spin & Colla [MORACEAE]; Ficus opposita Miq. [MORACEAE]; Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]; Ficus carica L. [MORACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced plants include Ficus benghalensis, F. carica (Moraceae).

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [466]

Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(1): 112-121 pls 11, 12 [115]

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Lycaenidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 3 336-512 pp. [358] (distribution, taxonomy)

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [375]

Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 14(5): 197-259 4 pls [247] (taxonomy)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27(4): 648-653 [652]

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] [137]

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] [76]

 

History of changes

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	01-Jan-2024	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	LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	PAPILIONOIDEA	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
01-Feb-2016	Luciini	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017	LYCAENIDAE	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED
		07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED