Subspecies Theretra indistincta indistincta Butler, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Choerocampa indistincta Butler, A.G. 1877. Descriptions of several African and Australian Lepidoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 458-462 [460].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Chaerocampa cleopatra Miskin, W.H. 1891. A revision of the Australian Sphingidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 8: 1-28 [sic].
• Chaerocampa curvilinea Lucas, T.P. 1891. Butterflies and Moths. Descriptions of two new Butterflies and nine new Sphingidae or Hawk moths found in Queensland. Published privately by the author. 1-4 pp. [sic].
• Theretra clotho manuselensis Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G. 1921. New forms of Sphingidae. The Entomologist 54: 105-109 [108].
• Theretra clotho papuensis Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G. 1921. New forms of Sphingidae. The Entomologist 54: 105-109 [108].

 

Generic Combinations

• Theretra cleopatra (Miskin, 1891). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [656]
• Theretra curvilinea (T. P. Lucas, 1891). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1894. A hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera. Butterflies. Vol. 1. pp. i-lxxiv 1-261 in Bowdler-Sharpe, R. (ed.). Allen's Naturalist's Library. London : W.H. Allen. [101]
• Theretra indistincta (Butler, 1877). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [656]
• Theretra indistincta indistincta (Butler, 1877). —
  Jordan, K. 1926. Some new Eastern Sphingidae in Tring Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 18: 207-209 [208]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broome, WA across northern NT to Cape York, QLD and south to northeast corner of NSW, infrequent on Hammond Island, Torres Strait

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	Macroglossinae	10-Apr-2024	ADDED