Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea, Volume 31Certificate of Commendation Winner at the 2001 Whitley Awards - Best Zoological Reference Section This very detailed compendium of data on taxonomy and nomenclature of Australian butterflies is another in the Catalogue series produced by the Australian Biological Resources Study, a sub-program of Environment Australia. Expanding on the butterfly section of the earlier Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia by Nielsen, Edwards & Rangsi (1996) This Catalogue contains the fine details of naming and status of types of Australian butterflies, and information critical for fixing the scientific names of the species. This volume is the 'Who's Who' for the Australian butterfly fauna, the very basic information we all need, but find so difficult to access and evaluate for ourselves. It is introduced by a comprehensive historical and explanatory account of work on Australian butterflies. Details are given of all genus and species synonymies applicable to the Australian fauna. There are details of the type designations of all 507 available generic names, of type data for the 1,004 available species group names and of nomenclatural changes and changes in taxonomic status for most of the 136 valid genera, 400 species, and 371 subspecies. The butterflies have an enormous literature and this catalogue provides a guide to the significant literature of each taxon. An extensive list of larval food plants is also included, as well as succinct information on ecology and distribution and a comprehensive bibliography. Features |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Hesperioidea | 27 |
Coeliadinae | 28 |
Hesperiinae | 36 |
Pyrginae | 70 |
Trapezitinae | 79 |
Papilionoidea | 129 |
Liphyrinae | 131 |
Argynninae | 284 |
Charaxinae | 290 |
Danainae | 294 |
Heliconiinae | 324 |
Libytheinae | 327 |
Limenitinae | 329 |
Nymphalinae | 337 |
Satyrinae | 357 |
Polyommatinae | 132 |
Lycaenesthini | 147 |
Polyommatini | 149 |
Riodininae | 197 |
Theclinae | 198 |
Deudorigini | 203 |
Hypolycaenini | 210 |
Luciini | 213 |
Ogyrini | 247 |
Zesiini | 261 |
Nymphalidae | 275 |
Acraeinae | 277 |
Amathusiinae | 280 |
Apaturinae | 282 |
Tellervinae | 405 |
Papilionidae | 409 |
Papilioninae | 411 |
Pieridae | 443 |
Coliadinae | 444 |
Pierinae | 462 |
Abbreviations and Symbols | 491 |
Museum Acronyms | 492 |
HostLepidoptera Associations | 493 |
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Summary of Proposed and Published VolumesParts | 611 |
Common terms and phrases
Academic Press 736 Angus & Robertson Aust Australian Butterflies Australian Hesperiidae Australian Lepidoptera Australian Rhopalocera introducing BMNH British Museum butterflies found Butterflies of Australia Butterflies of Papua Catalogue complete scheme Danainae descriptions and illustrations designated in original E.D. & Rangsi Ecology Edn xiv 682 Entomol Felder found in Australia Fruhstorfer G.A. & Lyell genus giving descriptions Hesperiidae Hist holotype Hübner I.F.B. & Waterhouse ICZN including a number indicate the number introducing a complete Lake Eyre basin larva-herbivore lectotype lectotype designation Art Lepidoptera Lepidoptera of Australia Linn Lond Lycaenidae Monographs on Australian Murray-Darling basin number now recorded number of specimens Nymphalidae Papilio Papilionoidea Papua New Guinea Proc publication date referred revised Edn xiv Robertson 239 Robertson revised Edn Satyrinae scheme of structural structural classification Subsequent designation subspecies Sydney Sydney Angus synonymy syntypes systematics and biology Taxonomic decision Type data Type locality Type species Type Specimens unnumbered colour pls Zool