Subspecies Telicota eurotas laconia Waterhouse, 1937

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• Telicota eurotas laconia Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VI. Descriptions of new subspecies. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(1–2): 32-34 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KL07283 ♂ (Waterhouse designated a holotype), Cairns, QLD (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) AM KL07284 1♂ 1♀, Cairns, QLD; AM KL07278 1♂, Cairns, QLD; AM KL07279 1♂, Cairns, QLD
  Comment: Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [17] (gave type specimen information).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Scleria ciliaris Nees [CYPERACEAE]; Scleria polycarpa R.Br. ex Boeck. [CYPERACEAE]; Scleria sumatrensis Retz. [CYPERACEAE]).

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [212]

 

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)