Species Trapezites maheta (Hewitson, 1877)
Maheta Skipper, Northern Silver Ochre
- Hesperia maheta Hewitson, W.C. 1877. Descriptions of twenty-three new species of Hesperidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 76-85 [80].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Brisbane, QLD (Hewitson gave Queensland in original description)
Comment: Hewitson in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [235] (listed a single specimen in the Hewitson collection); Sands, D.P.A., Miller, C.G., Kerr, J.F.R. & Atkins, A.F. 1984. The specific status of Trapezites praxedes (Plötz) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): previously considered to be a subspecies of T. maheta (Hewitson). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(2): 27–33 [27] (type specimen information).Type locality references:
Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3–4): 218-238 [220] (statement that the type 'doubtless came from Brisbane'); 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 [112] (specified Brisbane as the type locality); 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. [209] (gave Brisbane as the type locality).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Kuranda, QLD, to Grafton, NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Lomandra hystrix (R.Br.) L.R.Fraser & Vickery [ASPARAGACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [113] (biology)
Sands, D.P.A., Miller, C.G., Kerr, J.F.R. & Atkins, A.F. 1984. The specific status of Trapezites praxedes (Plötz) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): previously considered to be a subspecies of T. maheta (Hewitson). Australian Entomological Magazine 11(2): 27-33 [27] (morphology of immature stages and adults, separate species to praxedes Plötz)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Descriptions and notes of Australian Hesperidae, chiefly Victorian. Victorian Naturalist 20(4): 52-57 [54] (description, species revision)
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] [177] (description)
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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