Subspecies Euploea alcathoe enastri Fenner, 1991
- Euploea alcathoe enastri Fenner, T.L. 1991. A new subspecies of Euploea alcathoe (Godart) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 18(4): 149-155 [150].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC 2495 ♂ (Fenner designated a holotype), Rocky Bay, NE Arnhem Land, NT (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) ANIC 31♂ 7♀, Rocky Bay, NT and 6 km NW Mt Bonner, NT
Comment: as well as in ANIC, paratypes are in BMNH, NTM, QFIC, QM, T.L. Fenner collection.
Introduction
Habitat types and larval food plants are given in Braby (2009), and distribution and habitat types are given in detail in Braby (2010).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from the Gove area, NT.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Marsdenia glandulifera [APOCYNACEAE]; Gymnanthera oblonga [APOCYNACEAE]; Parsonsia alboflavescens [APOCYNACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
'Adults of both sexes of Euploea alacathoe enastri were recorded in a variety of habitats on Gove Peninsula, including closed monsoon forest (i.e. wet evergreen vine-forest); rainforest edge (i.e. the ecotone between wet evergreen vine-forest and savanna woodland or paperbark woodland); mixed paperbark tall open forest or woodland (dominated by Melaleuca leucadendra (L.) L. or M cajuputi Powell) with rainforest elements in the understorey, usually in juxtaposition to wet evergreen vine-forest; and paperbark woodland (dominated by Melaleuca spp.) with pandanus (Pandanus spiralis R.Br.) in the understorey or mixed paperbark-pandanus woodland' (Braby 2009)
Associated Flora References
Braby, M.F. 2009. The life history and biology of Euploea alcathoe enastri Fenner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from northeastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Australian Entomologist 36(2): 51-62 (Parsonsia alboflavescens; Marsdenia glandulifera; Gymnanthera oblonga)
General References
Braby, M.F. 2009. The life history and biology of Euploea alcathoe enastri Fenner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from northeastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory. Australian Entomologist 36(2): 51-62
Braby, M.F. 2010. Conservation status and management of the Gove Crow Euploea alcathoe enastri (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), a threatened tropical butterfly from the indigenous Aboriginal lands of north-eastern Arnhem Land, Australia. Journal of Insect Conservation 14: 535–554
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 13-Dec-2017 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Jun-2020 | NYMPHALIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Nov-2016 | Euploea Fabricius, 1807 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2016 | Danaini | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED |