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Species Theclinesthes albocinctus (Waterhouse, 1903)

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Species Theclinesthes albocinctus (Waterhouse, 1903)

Bitter-bush Blue

 

Introduction

While Common & Waterhouse (1981) treat the genus Theclinesthes Röber, 1891 as feminine, Braby (2010) lists Theclinesthes albocinctus correcting the gender to masculine. Orr and Fliedner (2011) argue that such change is not justified, although they note that their conclusion is still provisional, based on conjecture and that the case might require application to the ICZN for a formal ruling.
Braby (2011) questions this interpretation because the author’s original intention is unknown and the genus appears to be in masculine form until proven otherwise.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


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 and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Adriana quadripartita (Labill.) Mull.Arg. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Common Bitter Bush; Adriana tomentosa Gaudich. [EUPHORBIACEAE]).

 

General References

Braby, M.F. 2010. The merging of taxonomy and conservation biology: a synthesis of Australian butterfly systematics (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea). Zootaxa 2707: 1-76 [Date published 3 Dec 2010] [75]

Braby, M.F. 2011. Revised checklist of Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea): Addendum and Errata. Zootaxa 3128: 67–68 [68]

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [567]

Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp. [219]

Grund, R. 1996. The distribution of Theclinesthes albocincta (Waterhouse) and Theclinesthes hesperia littoralis Sibatani & Grund, based on herbarium records of eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist 23: 101-110 [102] (distribution)

Grund, R. & Sibatani, A. 1975. The life history of a hitherto unrecognised lycaenid species: Theclinesthes albocincta (Waterhouse) from South Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 2: 99-103 [99] (biology)

Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture B 44(Suppl.): 1-102 [36]

Orr, A.G. & Fliedner, H. 2011. Notes on the correct spelling of species-group names of Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera). Australian Entomologist 38: 101-108 [107]

Sibatani, A. & Grund, R.B. 1978. A revision of the Theclinesthes onycha complex (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga (Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan) 29(1): 1-34 [Date published March 1, 1978] [28]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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
04-Jun-2020 LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 LYCAENIDAE 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
06-Sep-2017 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED