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Subspecies Hypolimnas anomala albula (Wallace, 1869)

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Subspecies Hypolimnas anomala albula (Wallace, 1869)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—East Timor, Indonesia (West Timor), has not been found in New Guinea.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
  • East Timor
  • Indonesia
    • West Timor

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

General References

Anon. 1979. Female butterfly guarding eggs. Antenna 3(3): 94 [94]

Braby, M.F. 2010. The merging of taxonomy and conservation biology: a synthesis of Australian butterfly systematics (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea). Zootaxa 2707: 1-76 [Date published 3 Dec 2010] [64] (stat. rev.)

Common, I.F.B. 1978. The distinction between Hypolimnas antilope (Cramer) and H. anomala (Wallace) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), and the occurrence of H. anomala in Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 5(3): 41-44 [41]

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1972. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 498 pp. 41 pls. [290] (as Hypolimnas antilope albula (Wallace, 1869), biology)

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [395] (biology)

Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Nymphalidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 4 513-660 pp. [563]

Gibb, W.F. 1977. The rediscovery of Hypolimnas antilope (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 4(2): 39 [39] (subsequently identified as Hypolimnas anomala albula (Wallace, 1869))

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] [85] (as Hypolimnas antilope albula (Wallace, 1869), biology)

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] [60] (as Hypolimnas antilope albula (Wallace, 1869), description, distribution)

Wood, G.A. 1987. New and interesting butterfly records from Northern Queensland and Torres Strait. Australian Entomological Magazine 14(4–5): 71-72 [72] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013 05-Mar-2013 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 30-Mar-2012 MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011 MOVED