Subspecies Symbrenthia geoffroyii guerini (Wallace, 1869)
White Nymph
- Mynes guerini Wallace, A.R. 1869. Notes on eastern butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 17: 77-81, 277-288, 321-349 [78].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Rh9035 ♀, QLD (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH Rh9036 1♀, Queensland
Comment: Wallace in the original description stated that there was a specimen in the BMNH and that he had a single specimen; Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Satyridae, Nymphalidae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. [14] (type information). - Mynes semperi Staudinger, 1887 [name introduced for the white form of Mynes guerini Wallace, 1869 as figured by Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy V(14): 138–194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] (pl. 9, figs 10, 11, 12) with the type locality recorded on p. 154].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH ♂, Queensland (in original description)
Comment: Staudinger in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens he described and also referred to previous figures published by Semper (1879), illustrated at least two specimens. - Mynes negrito Fruhstorfer, H. 1913. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Nymphalidae]. pp. 537-544, 561-704 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [537] [illustrated as Mynes guerinii [sic] Wallace, 1869 by Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy V(14): 138–194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] (pl. 9, fig. 13)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, unknown (Semper's figured specimen was from Australia)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described but did mention several specimens and a figure by Semper.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [57]
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 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. [247]
Generic Combinations
- Symbrenthia geoffroyi guerini (Wallace, 1869).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Tip of Cape York to northern NSW, east of the Great Dividing Range
Australian Endemic.
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), Gulf Plains (GUP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [388] (biology)
Miskin, W.H. 1874. Note on Mynes guerini Wallace. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 237-240 [237]
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] [82]
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] [56] (description, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 16-Feb-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 06-May-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |