Subspecies Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

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Subspecies Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus 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] [114 figs 436-438].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL20813 ♂, Gisborne, VIC (in original description Narracan, Wandin, Healesville, Gisborne and Ballan listed).
Paralectotype(s) AM KL20814 1♀, Gisborne, VIC
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description listed thirty five males and thirty three females; the NMV web site listed no types in the NMV which houses the Lyell collection.
Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1928. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 401-412, pl. 25 [411] (stated that the 'holotype' was from Gisborne, VIC); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [24] (gave the locality of the 'holotype' as Gisborne, VIC).
Pseudalmenus chlorinda fisheri Tindale, N.B. 1953. New Rhopalocera, and a list of species from the Grampian Mountains, western Victoria. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11(1): 43-68 pls 18-21 [52].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I.19092 ♂ (Tindale in the original description designated a holotype), Mt Victory, Grampians, 1200 ft VIC (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) SAMA 2♂ 1♀, Mt Victory, VIC; SAMA I.19092 1♀, Mt Victory, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Occurs from the southern tablelands and coast of NSW to coastal NE TAS.

Australian Endemic.

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

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal