Subspecies Telicota colon argea (Plötz, 1883)
Pale Darter
- Hesperia argeus Plötz, C. 1883. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut., und ihre Arten. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 44: 26-64; 195-233 [227].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, Cape York, QLD (indicated 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 [469] (type specimen information); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [185] (referred to a holotype without justification and this is not accepted as a lectotype designation as he knew of no syntype, he referred to the original description of an unknown number of specimens but not to a description or illustration of one syntype).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. [POACEAE] Common Reed; Chrysopogon fallax S.T.Blake [POACEAE]; Ophiuros exaltatus (L.) Kuntze [POACEAE]).
General References
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3–4): 218-238 [235] (as Astycus augias argeus Plötz, 1883)
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] [259] (as Astycus augias argeus Plötz, 1883, biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |