Subspecies Rapala varuna simsoni (Miskin, 1874)
- Deudorix simsoni Miskin, W.H. 1874. New Lycaenidae from Queensland. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 11: 165 [165].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QM T12396 1♀, Brisbane and Port Denison (Bowen), QLD (Miskin listed Brisbane and Port Denison, QLD, in original description); QM T12395 1♂; QM T12397 1♂; QM T12398 1♀; QM T12399 1♂
Comment: Miskin in the original description mentioned both sexes and gave several localities.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 [523] (gave type information, including locality information on the labels of the syntypes).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
"Several observed" on Torres Strait islands.
Australian Endemic.
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)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Lambkin, T.A. 1983. The early stages of Rapala varuna simsoni (Miskin) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from south-eastern Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 10: 56-58 [56] (biology)
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 [266]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 18-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
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) |