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Species Theclinesthes serpentatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

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Species Theclinesthes serpentatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Chequered Blue, Salt-bush Blue

Introduction

While Common & Waterhouse (1981) treat the genus Theclinesthes Röber, 1891 as feminine, Braby (2010) lists Theclinesthes serpentatus 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

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


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

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Einadia hastata (R.Br.) A.J.Scott [CHENOPODIACEAE] Berry Saltbush; Einadia nutans (R.Br.) A.J.Scott [CHENOPODIACEAE] Climbing Saltbush; Chenopodium album L. [CHENOPODIACEAE] Fat Hen, White Goosefoot; Chenopodium nitrariaceum (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. [CHENOPODIACEAE] Nitre Goosefoot; Atalaya hemiglauca (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. [SAPINDACEAE] Whitewood; Atriplex australasica Moq. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex eichleri Aellen [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex elachophylla F.Muell. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex holocarpa F.Muell. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex leptocarpa F.Muell. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex limbata Benth. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex lindleyi Moq. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex muelleri Benth. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex nummularia Lindl. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex obconica Paul G.Wilson [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex paludosa R.Br. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex pseudocampanulata Aellen [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex pumilio R.Br. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex quinii F.Muell. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex rhagodioides F.Muell. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex semibaccata R.Br. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex spongiosa F.Muell. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex suberecta I.Verd. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex velutinella F.Muell. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Atriplex vesicaria Benth. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Rhagodia candolleana Moq. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Rhagodia crassifolia R.Br. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Rhagodia eremaea Paul G.Wilson [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Rhagodia parabolica R.Br. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Rhagodia preissii Moq. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Rhagodia spinescens R.Br. [CHENOPODIACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae) is introduced.

 

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] [74]

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. [570]

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 [106]

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] [1]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [238]

Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [108]

 

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