Species Timoconia flammeata (Butler, 1882)
Bright Shield-skipper
- Telesto flammeata Butler, A.G. 1882. On a small collection of Lepidoptera from Melbourne. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 84-103 [85].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ (Butler stated in the original description that he described one specimen), Melbourne, VIC (designated in original description)
Comment: 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 [115] (provided holotype information). - Telesto eclipsis Butler, A.G. 1882. On a small collection of Lepidoptera from Melbourne. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 84-103 [86].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (Butler in the original description stated that he had one specimen), Melbourne, VIC (designated in original description)
Comment: 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 [115] gave (holotype information). - Hesperilla atromacula Miskin, W.H. 1889. Descriptions of some new species of Australian Hesperidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(4): 146-154 [publication date: Anon. 1889. Royal Society of Queensland. Annual Meeting, 12th July, 1889. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: i–xi [iv, vi, x]] [148].
Type data:
Lectotype QM T.12429 ♂, Victoria (designated in original description, and no more accurate locality has been suggested).
Paralectotype(s) QM T.12430 1♂, Victoria
Comment: Miskin in the original publication did not indicate the number of specimens described.Subsequent designation references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [115] (referred to a holotype and gave type information); Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519-528 [13] (interpreted Waterhouse's (1937) reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation, gave type information).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Meyrick, E. & Lower, O. 1902. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26(2): 38-129 [69] (as first revisers gave priority to Telesto flammeata Butler, 1882 over Telesto eclipsis Butler, 1882; Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893(1): 3–132 [publication date: Duncan, F.M. 1937. Dates of publication of the society's Proceedings, 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of "Proceedings" 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the "Transactions", 1833–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London A 107: 71–84] [74] suggested that the species were synonyms but did not choose between the names; Anderson, E. & Spry, F.P. 1894. Victorian Butterflies and How to Collect Them. Part 2. Melbourne : H. Hearne & Co. 79–129 pp. [124] also suggested that they represent one species but also did not choose between the names)
- Toussaint, E.F.A., Braby, M.F., Müller, C.J., Petrie, E.A. and Kawahara, A.Y. 2022. Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195: 1407–1421 [Date published August 2022]
Generic Combinations
- Signeta flammeata (Butler, 1882).
- Timoconia flammeata (Butler, 1882).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Tetrarrhena sp. [POACEAE]; Poa tenera J.D.Hook. [POACEAE]; Tetrarrhena juncea R.Br. [POACEAE]).
General References
Tindale, N.B. 1953. New Rhopalocera, and a list of species from the Grampian Mountains, western Victoria. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 11(1): 43-68 pls 18-21 [58] (biology)
History of changes
| 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 |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |