Subspecies Psychonotis caelius taygetus (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
- Lycaena taygetus Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. 2. Abtheilung 2, Heft 2. Vienna : Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften 137-378 pls 22-47. [for publication date: Higgins (1963: 159), see Fletcher (1979)] [266 pl. 33].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀, Australia (Australia and Fiji in original description)
Comment: The Felders in the original description mentioned both sexes.Type locality references:
Druce, H.H. & Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1893. A monograph of the butterflies of the genus Thysonotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 536-553 [546] (Fiji an incorrect locality); 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] [92] (applied the name to the populations occurring south from Mackay, QLD, probably on the basis of the Felders figures); Waterhouse, G.A. 1928. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53: 401-412, pl. 25 [409] (applied the name to the most southern Australian population; also confirmed that the Fiji locality was erroneous). - Danis salamandri Macleay, W.J. 1866. List of the lepidopterous insects from Cape York, presented to the Museum by Mr. Moore of H.M.S. Salamander. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1(5): liii-lv [liv].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) KL23378 ♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in title of original description)
Comment: Macleay in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Waterhouse, G.A. 1913. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part V. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 37(4): 698–702 [698] (referred to 'the' specimen in the Macleay Museum which was presumably later transferred to the AM); 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. [25] (stated that the specimen in the AM is labelled as the type); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. there is some doubt about the AM specimen, as indicated by a note in the register, 'type male probably in Australian Museum'; since Peters was doubtful of the authenticity of the specimen this is not considered a lectotype designation).Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1913. Notes on Australian Lycaenidae. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37(4): 698-702; 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.; Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. - Plebeius macleayi Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg V(14): 138-194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] [155].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀, Cape York, QLD
Comment: Semper in the original description mentioned both sexes but not a type; 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 [119] (mentioned types with a list of species); Gabriel, A.G. 1932. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the Hill Museum. London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson 40 pp. [35] (listed an allotype female).Type locality references:
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; Gabriel, A.G. 1932. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the Hill Museum. London : John Bale, Sons & Danielsson 40 pp. - Thysonotis taletum 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] [93].
Type data:
Lectotype AM KL 23405 ♂, Kuranda, QLD. Cairns, Kuranda and Ingham, QLD (listed in original description)
Comment: Waterhouse & Lyell in the original description mentioned 23 males and 17 females, but not a type; 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. [26] (type information).Type locality references:
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. [26] (restricted the type locality to Kuranda, QLD); 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.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture B 44(Suppl.): 1-102 [29]
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249-254, 360-363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [253]
- Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Lane & Moulds (2015: 33) report this species from Hammond Island, Torres Strait.
Australian Endemic.
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)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
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 [150]
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] [135]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 22-Jul-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 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) |