Genus Udara Toxopeus, 1928

Museums

Regional Maps

• Udara Toxopeus, L.J. 1928. Lycaenidae Australasiae II. Eine Revision der Javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis Felder und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 71: 179-265 [219] [published simultaneously with Akasinula Toxopeus, 1928; Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [83] gave priority to Udara Toxopeus, 1928 as first reviser].

  Type species:

   Polyommatus dilectus Moore, 1879 by original designation.
• Akasinula Toxopeus, L.J. 1928. Lycaenidae Australasiae II. Eine Revision der Javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis Felder und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 71: 179-265 [181, 194] [published simultaneously with Udara Toxopeus, 1928; Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [83] gave priority to Udara Toxopeus, 1928 as first revisers].

  Type species:

   Polyommatus akasa Horsfield, 1828 by original designation.
• Vaga Zimmerman, E.C. 1958. The Insects of Hawaii. A manual of the insects of the Hawaiian Islands, including an enumeration of the species and notes on their origin, distribution, hosts, parasites, etc. USA : University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu Vol. 7 542 pp. [Date published 30 Sept. 1958] [491].

  Type species:

   Holochila blackburni Tuely, 1878 by original designation.
• Perivaga Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [126] [first introduced as a subgenus of Udara Toxopeus, 1928].

  Type species:

   Candalides meeki Bethune-Baker, 1906 by original designation.
• Selmanix Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [138] [first introduced as a subgenus of Udara Toxopeus, 1928].

  Type species:

   Cyaniris ceyx de Nicéville, 1892 by original designation.
• Penudara Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [152] [first introduced as a subgenus of Udara Toxopeus, 1928].

  Type species:

   Polyommatus albocaeruleus Moore, 1879 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [82]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Hawaii
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
  • Maluku
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249-254, 360-363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [254]

Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 28(6): 371-505 [449]

Eliot, J.N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue Butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. London : British Museum 309 pp. [82]

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [470]

 

History of changes

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