Genus Vindula Hemming, 1934

• Vindula Hemming, F. 1934. New names for three genera of Rhopalocera. The Entomologist 67: 77 [77] [before 1934 this genus was incorrectly known as Cynthia Fabricius, 1807 owing to an error by Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91–293 (152) who stated that Papilio arsinoe Cramer, 1777 was the type species of Cynthia Fabricius, 1807; Scudder had overlooked the earlier designation by Westwood, J.O. 1840. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organization of the different families. London Vol. 2 (Synopsis of the genera of the British insects.) 158 pp. of Papilio cardui Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species for Cynthia Fabricius, 1807; Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Suppl. 9: 1–509 (456)].

  Type species:

   Papilio arsinoe Cramer, 1777 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
  • Maluku
• Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

General References

Ackery, P.R. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 33: 95-203 [140] (bibliography)

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [622]

History of changes