Species Toxidia doubledayi (C. Felder, 1862)
Doubleday's Skipper, Lilac Grass-skipper
- Telesto doubledayi Felder, C. 1862. Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der k.k. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macrolepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 473-496 [491].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂, Sydney, NSW (Felder in original description gave Sidney [sic], by listing the species under the heading of 'Sidney')
Comment: Felder in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101–133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [103] (discussed the history of the Felder collection); 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] (stated that the type was not in Rothschild collection at Tring); Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls [215] (no mention of the type in the BMNH). - Telesto leachii Felder, C. 1862. Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der k.k. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macrolepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 473-496 [491].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Sydney, NSW (Felder in original description gave Sidney [sic] as the type locality by listing the species under the heading of 'Sidney')
Comment: Felder in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101–133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [103] (discussed the history of the Felder collection); 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] (stated that the type was not in the Rothschild collection at Tring); Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls [215] (no mention of the type in the BMNH). - Carystus vallio Mabille, P. 1883. Description d'hespéries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 27: LI-LXXVIII [LX].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande in original description)
Comment: Mabille in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; 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 [116] (noted that a female labelled Carystus vallio Mab. 1891 [sic] was represented by the forewings in the BMNH with the label vallio in Mabille's handwriting); Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls [215] (stated that the type was in the BMNH).Type locality 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; Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [215] (stated that the type came from Sydney but gave no supporting evidence; Waterhouse in his ms notes in ANIC stated that the probable holotype is labelled 'Nov. Holl.'); Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg V(14): 138-194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] [50] (as first reviser gave priority to Telesto doubledayi Felder, 1862 over Telesto leachii Felder, 1862)
- Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [215] (for Carystus vallio)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Kuranda to Paluma, QLD, from Mt Archer near Rockhampton, QLD, to Melbourne, VIC.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Oplismenus sp. [POACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [139] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Catalogue of the Rhopalocera of Australia. Memoirs of the NSW Naturalists' Club No. 1. iii 49 pp. [43] (incorrect subsequent spelling of leachii as leachi)
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]
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] [191] (description)
Waterhouse, G.A. & Turner, R.E. 1904. Notes on Hesperidae described by Mabille and reputed to be Australian. Victorian Naturalist 21(8): 109-110 [110] (possible synonymy of doubledayi and vallio)
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: < 0107>] [74] (incorrect subsequent spelling of doubledayi as doubledayii)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 | ||
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