Subspecies Pithecops dionisius dionisius (Boisduval, 1832)

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Subspecies Pithecops dionisius dionisius (Boisduval, 1832)

Lycaena dionisius Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [82].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, New Guinea (as Nouvelle-Guinée in original description)
Comment: Boisduval in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [461] (referred to a holotype and gave sex of the specimen he referred to).
Type locality references:
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.

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

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
Papua New Guinea

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. [589]

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. [422]

Hiller, A. & d'Apice, J.W.C. 1979. First record of the butterfly Pithecops dionisius dionisius (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Australian mainland. Australian Entomological Magazine 6: 10-12

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [461] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymised many subspecies but without thorough examination)

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [461]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
06-Sep-2017	16-Jul-2013	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013	05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012	30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012	28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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