Species Pseudodipsas cephenes Hewitson, 1874

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• Pseudodipsas cephenes Hewitson, W.C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343-355 [344].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, QLD, probably Brisbane (India given in original description, incorrectly)
  Comment: Hewitson in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described, described from the author's collection; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [166] (listed a single specimen in the Hewitson collection and this is accepted as evidence of a holotype); Waterhouse, G.A. 1913. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part V. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 37(4): 698–702 [699] (referred to a type).

  Type locality references:

  Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp.; Waterhouse, G.A. 1913. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(4): 698-702 [699] (discussed the incorrect locality given by Hewitson, he concluded that the type came from Queensland and was collected by Diggles who did most of his collecting in the Brisbane area); Waterhouse, G.A. 1913. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(4): 698-702; 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] [82] (repeated that the locality of India was incorrect).
• Pseudodipsas fumidus Miskin, W.H. 1889. Note on some undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(5): 263-266 [publication date: Anon. 1889. Royal Society of Queensland. Annual Meeting, 12th July, 1889. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: i–xi [iv, vi, x]] [264].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA ♂ ♀, Brisbane, QLD (designated in original description)
  Comment: Miskin in the original description mentioned both sexes but not a type; described from the Lucas collection; 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] (did not locate a type in the QM).

  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.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Waterhouse, G.A. 1913. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(4): 698-702 [699]
• 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] [82]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known from McIvor River, QLD, to Woody Head, NSW.

Australian Endemic.

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), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: attendant ants, herbivore (associated flora: Diospyros fasciculosa (F.Muell.) F.Muell. [EBENACEAE] Grey Ebony; Guioa acutifolia Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Northern Guioa; Acacia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Red Wattle; Smilax australis R.Br. [SMILACACEAE]; Halfordia sp. [RUTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae attended by small black ants, Anonychomyrma gilberti (Forel, 1902) (Formicidae).

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [438] (distribution, identification, life-history)

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. [343] (distribution)

Hewitson, W.C. 1877. Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 8 209-228 pp., 84-92 pls. [219 pl. 89]

Smales, M. & Ledward, C.P. 1942. Notes on the life-histories of some lycaenid butterflies—Part I. Queensland Naturalist 12(1): 14-18 [14] (biology)

Valentine, P.S. & Johnson, S.J. 1988. Some new larval food plants for north Queensland Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Australian Entomological Magazine 14(6): 89-91 [89] (observations)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [193] (as P. fumidus Miskin)

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] [82]

 

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