Subspecies Tellervo zoilus zoilus (Fabricius, 1775)

Cairns Hamadryad

Papilio zoilus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [480].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Rh6885 ♀, Endeavour River, Cooktown, QLD (as nova Hollandia in original description)
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1925. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum Part II. Danaidae. London : British Museum 55 pp. [53] (listed a single type in the BMNH and gave type information); Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Papilionidae, Pieridae, Danainae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. 29 pp. [29] (made notes on the holotype female Rh6885); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [513] (listed a single female in the Banks collection); Ackery, P.R. 1987. The danaid genus Tellervo (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) — a cladistic approach. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 89: 203–274 25 figs [254] (designated a lectotype but provided no evidence that more than one specimen was originally described, he also designated a male which came from the Banks collection but gave no type number and referred to no previous mention of a type); 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. (as Fabricius described the species from the Banks collection, and there is a single Banksian specimen, this is accepted as evidence for a holotype, there are clearly inconsistencies in published information on the sex and status of the type).
Type locality references:
Watkins, H.T.G. 1923. Notes on the butterflies of the Banks Collection. The Entomologist 56: 204-209 [205] (suggested that the type came from Cooktown, QLD); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [101] (confirmed that the type came from Cooktown, QLD).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

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)