Genus Praetaxila Fruhstorfer, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Praetaxila Fruhstorfer, H. 1914. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Family Erycinidae]. pp. 767-798 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [Date published 23 July 1914] [793] [published on 23 July 1914; see Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Australian butterflies in the Australian Museum. No. 1. Rec. Aust. Mus. 20(3): 217–222 (219)].

  Type species:

   Sospita segecia Hewitson, 1861 by original designation.
• Holodesmus 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] [68] [published on 25 July 1914; a junior objective synonym of Praetaxila Fruhstorfer, 23 July 1914; see Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Australian butterflies in the Australian Museum. No. 1. Rec. Aust. Mus. 20(3): 217–222 (219)].

  Type species:

   Sospita segecia Hewitson, 1861 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [595]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [332]

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] [68]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
12-Apr-2011		12-Apr-2011	MOVED
05-Apr-2011		05-Apr-2011	MOVED
28-Mar-2012		05-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)