Subspecies Yoma sabina sabina (Cramer, 1780)
Australian Lurcher
- Papilio sabina Cramer, P. 1780. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 4(25–26a) pp. 1-28 pls 289-304. [written by Cramer, published posthumously by Stoll; issued 1780, dated 1775–1790; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Opinion 516. Determination under the plenary powers of the relative precedence to be assigned to certain works on the Order Lepidoptera (Class Insecta) published in 1775 by Pieter Cramer, Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller, Johann Christian Fabricius, Johann Casper Fuessly, and S.A. von Rottemburg respectively. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19: 1–44].
Type data:
Syntype(s) 1♂ (whereabouts unknown [originally in the collection of Mr C. Stoll), whereabouts unknown 1♀* (was in the collection of Madame J.J. Chatelain); (Cramer in the original description mentioned and illustrated both sexes)), Ambon, Indonesia (as Isle Molucque d'Amboine [in original description]. - Rhinopalpa parva Butler, A.G. 1876. On a small collection of Lepidoptera from Cape York and the south-east coast of New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 18(104): 122-128 [123].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Rh10642 ♂, Cape York, QLD (designated in original description)
Comment: Butler in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Waterhouse, G.A. 1936. [unpublished personal manuscript of observations made at the BMNH (Satyridae, Nymphalidae)]. Photocopy located at ANIC, Canberra, ACT. [14] (type information). - Salamis australis Fruhstorfer, H. 1899. Neue indo-australische Lepidopteren. Societas Entomologica. Stuttgart 13(23): 179-180 [179].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂, Cape York, QLD and southern Papua New Guinea (designated in original description)
Comment: Fruhstorfer in the original description mentioned several specimens.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [58]
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Nymphalidae. pp. 243-248, 359-360 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. [246]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Common along rainforest margins on Torres Strait islands.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
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. [396] (description, distribution)
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] [83]
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] [57] (description, distribution)
Wood, G.A. 1987. The life history of Yoma sabina parva (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1–2): 34-35 [34] (biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 04-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 18-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |