Subspecies Yoma algina netonia Frühstorfer, 1912

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• Yoma algina netonia Fruhstorfer, H. 1912. Nymphalidae. pp. 453-766 pls 107-138 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [Date published 1911-16] [541].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (Parsons (1998: 612) states “ST male British New Guinea (Dep?)”).

  Type locality references:

  Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [612].

Introduction

Lambkin and Kendall (2016) formally recorded this species from Australia for the first time and demonstrated that it is specifically distinct from Y. sabina according to differences in adult phenotype (8 characters), male genitalia and life history (larval food plant preferences, larval and pupal morphology), thus supporting an earlier hypothesis of species level status proposed by D’Abrera (1971) and Parsons (1998). The species was tentatively assigned to the southern Papua New Guinea subspecies Y. algina netonia Fruhstorfer, 1912. Subsequently, Lambkin (2019) confirmed the presence of this ssp from Torres Strait (Dauan Island), based on a single female collected in January 2018.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

General References

Lambkin, T.A. 2019. First record of Yoma algina netonia Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) from Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia. Australian Entomologist 46: 107-109

Lambkin, T.A. & Kendall, R. 2016. The status of Yoma algina (Boisduval, 1832) and Y. sabina (Cramer, 1780) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) in Australia. Australian Entomologist 43: 211-234

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