Subspecies Tagiades japetus janetta Butler, 1870
Black And White Flat
- Tagiades janetta Butler, A.G. 1870. Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 18(4): 485-520 [519].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Aru Ils, Indonesia (designated in original description)
Comment: Butler in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described. - Tagiades clericus Butler, A.G. 1882. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Duke-of-York Island and New Britain. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 10: 149-160 [154].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Duke of York Is., Bismarck Archipelago (designated in original description)
Comment: Butler in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described. - Tagiades kowaia Plötz, C. 1885. Neue Hesperiden des Indischen Archipels und Ost-Africa's aus der Collection des Herrn H. Ribbe in Blasewitz-Dresden, gesammelt von den Herren: C. Ribbe auf Celebes, Java und den Aru-Inseln; Künstler auf Malacca (Perak); Kühn auf West-Guinea (Jekar); Menger auf Ceylon. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 29(2): 225-232 [231].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, Papua New Guinea (as Neu-Guinea in original description)
Comment: Plötz in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; 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 [139, 469] (type specimen information); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 62(3–4): 107–125 [108] (type specimen information). - Tagiades gamelia Miskin, W.H. 1889. Descriptions of some new species of Australian Hesperidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(4): 146-154 [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]] [146].
Type data:
Lectotype QM T.12438 ♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description).
Paralectotype(s) QM T.12439 1♀, Cape York, QLD; QM T.12440 ♀
Comment: Miskin indicated in the original description that he described both sexes, see 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 [15]. - Tagiades australensis Mabille. P. 1891. Description d'Hespérides nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 35: LIX-LXXXVIII, CVI-CXXI CLXVIII-CCXXII [LXXII].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Australia (as Côte orientale de la Nouvelle Hollande in original description)
Comment: Mabille in the original description indicated that he had both sexes.Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [110] (misspelled the name as australiensis, gave Cape York as the type locality, and suggested that the holotype was probably lost). - Tagiades japetus tindalii Ribbe, C. 1899. Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna des Bismarck- und Salomo-Archipels in der Süd-See. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 12: 219-268 [254].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago (designated as Neu-Pommern in original description)
Comment: Ribbe in the original publication did not indicate the number of specimens described; 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 [139] (type specimen information). - Tagiades bubasa Swinhoe, C. 1904. On some new butterflies and moths from the east. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 14: 417-424 [418].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Humboldt Bay, Irian Jaya (as New Guinea; designated in original description)
Comment: Swinhoe in the original description mentioned two males; 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 [140] (type information). - Tagiades louisa Swinhoe, C. 1907. New species of African and Indo-Malayan Hesperiidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 20: 430-436 [430].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Rossel Is., Louisiade Archipelago (designated in original description)
Comment: Swinhoe in the original description referred to a single female; 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 [140] (type information). - Tagiades fergussonius Fruhstorfer, H. 1910. Neue Hesperiden des Indo-Malayischen Faunengebietes und Besprechung verwandter Formen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 24(3–5): 58-104 [74].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Fergusson Is., d'Entrecasteaux Ils (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens he described. - Tagiades japetus vulcania Evans, W.H. 1934. Indo-Australian Hesperiidae: descriptions of new genera, species and subspecies. The Entomologist 67: 61-65 [63].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Manam Is., Papua New Guinea (as Vulcan Is. in original description)
Comment: Evans in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Darnley, Dauan, Moa, Thursday and Prince of Wales Ils, Torres Strait, and from Cape York to Mary River heads, 25 km NE of Maryborough, QLD; extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Dioscorea transversa R.Br. [DIOSCOREACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Adults frequent margins of rainforest and vine thickets, eggs are laid on the upper surface of young leaves of food plant, larva builds silk-lined shelters from leaves and feeds at night, pupa in last larval shelter, adult flight is rapid and usually close to the ground, rests with wings expanded, recorded throughout the year, more numerous late in the wet season.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [102] (biology)
Dunn, K.L. & Eastwood, R.G. 1991. Range extension for the butterfly Tagiades japetus janetta Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 18(2): 91-93 [91]
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. [139] (incorrect subsequent spelling as australiensis, incorrect date for tindalii, 1899 as 1889)
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] [222] (as Tagiades japetus gamelia, description)
Waterhouse, G.A. & Turner, R.E. 1904. Notes on Hesperidae described by Mabille and reputed to be Australian. Victorian Naturalist 21(8): 109-110 [110] (incorrect subsequent spelling of australensis as australiensis)
Wood, G.A. 1985. The life history of Tagiades japetus janetta Butler (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae). Australian Entomological Magazine 12(1): 15-16 [15] (biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |