1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-2: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 812 m, Black Mountain, 7. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

3: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 812 m, Black Mountain, 10. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

4: ♂, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 812 m, Black Mountain, 10. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

5-6: ♀, Australia, Victoria, Creswick, 15. February 2018 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

7-8: Australia, Mornington Peninsula, Mount Martha, Eukalyptus Wald, 70 m, 15. Februar 2022 (fot.: Eckhard Schaefer), det. Rolf StrickerForum

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1-3: Guérin-Méneville (1830: 280, pl. 17 fig. 2) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Satyrus klugii Guérin-Méneville, [1831] [Original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Satyrus singa Boisduval, 1832 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Satyrus philerope Boisduval, 1832 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Xenica gemini Anderson & Spry, 1893 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Geitoneura insula Burns, 1951 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistics

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Australien vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Nouvelle-Hollande.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Guérin-Méneville, F. E. (1830-1838): Insectes. — In: Duperrey, L. I. (1830): Voyage autour du monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant des années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Tome Second, 2e Partie: i-xij (1838), 57-319, pl. 1-21. Paris (Arthus Betrand).

3.5. Informations from other websites (external links)

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