1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-2: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, near botanical garden, 5. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

3: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, botanical garden, 19. February 2017 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

4: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, botanical garden, 3. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1: McCoy (1868: 76) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Cynthia kershawi McCoy, 1868 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Pyrameis suffusa Olliff, 1888 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Pyrameis lucasii Miskin, 1889 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Cynthia austral Meredith, 1891 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistik

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Australien, Neuseeland, Indonesien, Italien?, Japan?, Neukaledonien und Türkei? vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Australia.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: McCoy, F.. (1868): On a Coa from Southern Africa, The Australian Representative of Cynthia cardui. — The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Fourth Series 1: 76. London (Taylor and Francis).

3.5. Informationen auf anderen Websites (externe Links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [Butterflies of Australia]
• [Australian Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse]