Species Tirumala hamata (Macleay, 1826)
Blue Tiger
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Bryk, F. 1937. Family Danainae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pt 78 pp. 1–432; Corrigenda Pt 80 pp. 641–642. [118]
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [247]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Fiji, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Western Samoa, Philippines.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Secamone elliptica R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Cynanchum carnosum (R.Br.) Schltr. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Cynanchum leptolepis (Benth.) Domin [APOCYNACEAE]; Heterostemma acuminatum Decne. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Marsdenia velutina R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]).
General References
Morishita, K. 1981. Danainae. pp. 441-623 in Tsukada, E. (ed.). Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Tokyo : Palpac Co. Vol. 2 623 pp. [465]
Scheermeyer, E. 1993. Overwintering of three Australian danaines: Tirumala hamata hamata, Euploea tulliolus tulliolus, and E. core corinna. pp. 345-353 in Malcolm, S.B. & Zalucki, M.P. (eds). The Biology of Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly. Los Angeles : Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County xii 419 pp. [345] (ecology)
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 |
| 13-Dec-2017 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2016 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |