Subspecies Telicota ohara ohara (Plötz, 1883)
Dark Darter
- Hesperia ohara Plötz, C. 1883. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Hesperia Aut., und ihre Arten. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 44: 26-64; 195-233 [226].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description)
Comment: Plötz in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; 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 [123] (discussed the status and whereabouts of the type specimen and stated the sex to be female, and implied that Plötz had a single specimen, but without evidence, and his mention of a holotype 'holotype probably lost' does not refer to an identifiable specimen or to a reference or figure of one); Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [189] (referred to a holotype); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (there is confusion about the sex of the described specimen(s) which may stem from Seitz's plate 172e (probably taken from Plötz' unpublished figure) and said to be a male on the plate but a female in the text, the illustration is of a female; neither Waterhouse's (1937), nor Parsons' (1998) reference to a holotype is interpreted as a lectotype designation).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Flagellaria indica L. [FLAGELLARIACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [215] (description, distribution)
Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [159] (description)
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) |