Subspecies Toxidia rietmanni parasema (Lower, 1908)
- Hesperilla leucostigma parasema Lower, O.B. 1908. Descriptions of new Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 311-317 [312].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ (Lower in the original description referred to a type), Kuranda, QLD (Lower gave Cairns and Kuranda, QLD, in original description).
Paratype(s) SAMA 1♀, Kuranda, QLD
Comment: Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 5(1): 49–62 [53] (stated that holotype was a male, and that type locality was Kuranda, QLD); 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] (stated that holotype was a male, and type locality was Kuranda, QLD); Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 5(1): 49–62 [53] (type information; specimen originally in type series of Telesto leucostigma Meyrick & Lower, 1902).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
From Kuranda to Paluma Range 40 km W of Townsville and Mission Beach, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Oplismenus sp. [POACEAE]).
Closed forest, coastal, tall open forest, volant.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [141] (biology)
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] [192] (as Toxidia leucostigma parasema, description)
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 |