Subspecies Trapezites symmomus soma Waterhouse, 1932
- Trapezites symmomus soma Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. III. Descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(5–6): 409-410 [Date published 15/Dec/1932: date given as 15 December 1932 by Atkins, A.F. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. pp. 232–235, 357 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, V.R. (eds). Hesperiidae. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing pp.xiv 529. [357]] [409].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL11621 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description referred to a holotype), Frankston, VIC (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL11622 1♀, Frankston, VIC
Comment: Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [9] (type material information).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 [112] (confirmed holotype and type locality).
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Traralgon to The Grampians, VIC.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Anderson, E. & Spry, F.P. 1894. Victorian Butterflies and How to Collect Them. Part 2. Melbourne : H. Hearne & Co. pp. 79-129. [114] (early description and figure as Trapezites symmomus Hübner, 1823)
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [108] (biology)
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] [215] (described Trapezites symmomus soma Waterhouse in this book and in <0048> [409] on the same day, 15 December 1932)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |