Species Vanessa itea (Fabricius, 1775)
Australian Admiral, Yellow Admiral
- Papilio itea Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [498].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Rh8719 ♂, New Zealand (as nova Zelandia in original description)
Comment: Fabricius in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; described from the Banks collection; Gabriel, A.G. 1927. Catalogue of the Type Specimens of Lepidoptera Rhopalocera in the British Museum. Part III. Nymphalidae. London : British Museum 128 pp. [65] (listed a single type in BMNH and incorrectly gave the type No. as Rh8919); Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasm. 90: 1–33 [19] (referred to a holotype); Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [515] (listed a single specimen in the Banks collection); Field, W.D. 1971. Butterflies of the genus Vanessa and of the resurrected genera Bassaris and Cynthia (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 84: 1–105 [30] (referred to a holotype and gave the type number); Dugdale, J.S. 1988. Fauna of New Zealand Number 14. Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Wellington : DSIR 1–262 pp. [137] (referred to a holotype and gave type information); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (Zimsen's (1964) listing of a single specimen in the Banks collection is accepted as evidence of a holotype).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution—Kermadec Islands, New Zealand.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
- New Zealand
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Soleirolia soleirolii (Req.) Dandy [URTICACEAE] Baby's Tears; Urtica urens L. [URTICACEAE]; Parietaria debilis G.Forst. [URTICACEAE]; Urtica incisa Urtica incisa [URTICACEAE]; Parietaria judaica L. [URTICACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced plants include Parietaria judaica, Soleirolia soleirolii, Urtica urens (Urticaceae).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [399] (biology)
Couchman, L.E. 1956. A catalogue of the Tasmanian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 90: 1-33 [18]
Field, W.D. 1971. Butterflies of the genus Vanessa and of the resurrected genera Bassaris and Cynthia (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 84: 1-105 [30] (taxonomy)
Gibbs, G.W. 1980. New Zealand Butterflies. Identification and Natural History. Auckland : Collins 207 pp. [118] (New Zealand 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] [90]
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] [56] (description, distribution)
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 |
04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |