Species Rachelia extrusa (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
Blue-flash Skipper
- Eudamus extrusus Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1867. 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. Wien : Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften pp. 379-536 pls 48-74. [dated 1866–Mar. 1867] [510 pl. 72 fig. 13, 14].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Aru Is., Indonesia (as Ins. Arru in original description)
Comment: the Felders in the original description mentioned both sexes.Subsequent designation references:
Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [206] (referred to a type); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [156] (referred unjustifably to a holotype); 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. (interpret Evans' (1949) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Iron Range, QLD, extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
Closed forest, tropical.
Extra Ecological Information
Larval food plant not recorded.
General References
Atkins, A.F. 1975. The first record of Rachelia extrusa (C. and R. Felder) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Trapezitinae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14(3): 237-241 [237] (distribution, synonymy, subspecificity)
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [106] (biology)
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [156] (removed R. icosia Fruhstorfer from synonymy with R. extrusus)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |