Subspecies Trapezites symmomus sombra Waterhouse, 1932
- Trapezites symmomus sombra 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] [published simultaneosly in 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 [publication date: 15 December 1932] [215]].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL11589 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description mentioned a holotype), Herberton, QLD (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL11590 1♀, Herberton, QLD; AM KL11591 2♀, Herberton, QLD; AM KL11592 1♀, Herberton, QLD
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; the sex of one specimen did not agree with Waterhouse's description).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Mt Spurgeon to Bluewater State Forest 40 km W of Townsville.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
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. [108] (biology)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |