1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: Australia, New South Wales, Tumut, 300 m, 8. February 2013 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, at the foot of Mount Ainslie, 22. February 2017 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

3: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Campus of ANU, 17. February 2018 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1-2: Swainson (1833: 135, pl. 135) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Polyommatus limbaria Swainson, 1833 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Lucia discoidea Doubleday, 1847 (nomen nudum) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Lucia discoidea Waterhouse 1937; (unavailable) [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chrysophanus discifer Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hesperia lucanus Fabricius, 1793 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Literature

• Original description: Swainson, W. (1832-1833): Zoological Illustrations, or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals, Selected Chiefly from the Classes of Ornithology, Entomology, and Conchology and Arranged According to their Natural Affinities. Second Series 3: 92-136, pl. 92-136, 5 index pages, list of original subscribers. London (Baldwin & Cradock, and R. Havell).