Subspecies Tisiphone abeona abeona (Donovan, 1805)

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• Papilio abeona Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [pl. [22] fig. 1] [Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Jones' Icones (Lepidoptera). With footnotes and appendix by Sir Edward B. Poulton. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 13(1–3): 9–17 (12) referred to an unnamed illustration in Jones, W. 1783. Icones. [unpublished original watercolour paintings with added notes]. Located at Oxford University, Hope Department of Entomology 6 Vols. [approx. 1783–1818]].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown both sexes, Port Jackson, NSW (as 'vicinity of Port Jackson' in original description)
  Comment: Donovan in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described but he implied several specimens, he figured a female and also referred to Jones Icones where a male was figured; Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Jones' Icones (Lepidoptera). With footnotes and appendix by Sir Edward B. Poulton. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 13(1–3): 9–17 [12] (discussed these specimens).

  Type locality references:

  Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Jones' Icones (Lepidoptera). With footnotes and appendix by Sir Edward B. Poulton. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 13(1–3): 9-17.
• Oreas zelinde Hübner, J. 1808. Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Augsburg : Jacob Hübner (and by Geyer after Hübner's death). 1 p. pls [3] [31] … [92] [180] [209]. [this work is the subject of Opinion 276, ICZN, and is on the Offical List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature; issued 1808, dated 1806] [pl. [92]].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, unknown (no type locality given with original illustrations)
  Comment: Hübner in the original illustrations did not indicate the number of specimens illustrated.
• [Enodia joanna] Butler, A.G. 1866. Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 17: 285-287 [286] [Butler (1866) referred to the specimen of Euodina [sic] joanna as 'Closely allied to E. abeona Donov., of which it has been hitherto supposed to be a variety; Waterhouse, G.A. 1914. A monograph of the genus Tisiphone Hübner. Australian Zoologist 1(1): 15–19 pl. 1 (3) as Tisiphone abeona joanna (Butler, 1866), stated 'At this place (Port Macquarie) I have recently captured a long series [>100] of joanna, including some nearly identical with the type: but as other specimens show almost every gradation between nearly typical abeona and nearly typical morrisi, I have thought it wise to give a large number of figures. This race I regard as a composite one made up of every intergrade between two stable races, with the characters combined in varying degree.'; Waterhouse, G.A. 1922. Presidential address. An account of some breeding experiments with the satyrine genus Tisiphone. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 47(1): ix–xvii pls i–iii [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925).] (ix) suggested that Tisiphone abeona joanna is a natural hybrid of the subspecies aurelia and morrisi; Waterhouse, G.A. 1923. Presidential address. A further account of breeding experiments with the satyrine genus Tisiphone. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 47(1): xiii–xvi pls 1–2 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925).] (xvi) concluded that Tisiphone abeona joanna is a hybrid race of aurelia and morrisi); Conroy, B.A. 1971. Geographic variation and speciation in the swordgrass brown butterfly, Tisiphone abeona Donovan. Unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Sydney, Sydney. 232 pp. (64) discussed variation in the race joanna; Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls (366) recognised joanna as a hybrid population of aurelia and morrisi and not as a separate subspecies of Tisiphone abeona (Donovan, 1805)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Rh3849 ♂, Port Macquarie, NSW (Australia given in original description)
  Comment: Butler in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1924. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part I. Satyrinae. London : British Museum 62 pp. [28] (listed a single type in the BMNH and gave label data).

  Type locality references:

  Waterhouse, G.A. 1914. A monograph of the genus Tisiphone Hübner. The Australian Zoologist 1(1): 15-19 pl. 1 [17] (stated that the type locality was probably Port Macquarie, NSW); Riley, N.D. & Gabriel, A.G. 1924. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part I. Satyrinae. London : British Museum 62 pp.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera. London : John van Voorst viii 690 pp. [76]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Newcastle to Moruya, NSW.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [367] (biology)

Conroy, B.A. 1971. Geographic variation and speciation in the swordgrass brown butterfly, Tisiphone abeona Donovan. Unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Sydney, Sydney. 232 pp. [13]

Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Satyridae]. 285-401 pls 87-99 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [publication date: Griffin, F.J. 1936. The contents of the parts and the dates of appearance of Seitz' Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde (The Macrolepidoptera of the World), Lieferungen 1 to 130 Palaearctic and 1 to 575 exotic. Vols 1 to 16, 1907–1935. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 85(10): 243–279] [306] (description, distribution)

Lucas, A.M. 1969. Clinal variation in pattern and colour in coastal populations of the butterfly Tisiphone abeona (Donovan) (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 37-48 [37]

Rainbow, W.J. 1907. A Guide to the Study of Australian Butterflies. Melbourne : T.C. Lothian 272 pp. [95] (biology)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1914. A monograph of the genus Tisiphone Hübner. The Australian Zoologist 1(1): 15-19 pl. 1 [15]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1922. Presidential address. An account of some breeding experiments with the satyrine genus Tisiphone. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(1): ix-xvii pls i-iii [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [ix]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1923. Presidential address. A further account of breeding experiments with the satyrine genus Tisiphone. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(1): xiii-xvi pls 1-2 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [xiii]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1928. A second monograph of the genus Tisiphone Hübner. The Australian Zoologist 5(3): 217-240 pls 25-26 [225, 226] (description, distribution)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. What Butterfly is That? A Guide to the Butterflies of Australia. Illustrated by Neville Cayley. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 291 pp. 34 pls. [Date published 15/Dec/1932] [108]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Notes on Jones' Icones (Lepidoptera). With footnotes and appendix by Sir Edward B. Poulton. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 13(1–3): 9-17 [12]

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] [46] (description, distribution)

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