1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, 550 m, botanical garden, 7. December 2014 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Centennial Park, 27. November 2015 (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, near botanical garden, 13. February 2013 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

5: Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin, 20. April 2009 (fot.: Michael Schmidt), det. Dr. Karl-Geert MalleForum

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1: Fabricius (1787: 35) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Papilio villida Fabricius, 1787 [original combination]

3.2. Synonyms

• Papilio velleda Fabricius, 1793 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Vanessa calybe Godart, 1819 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Papilio hampstediensis Jermyn, 1824 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Cynthia hampstediensis Stephens, 1827 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Junonia villida samoensis Rebel, 1911 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Precis villida phylace Fruhstorfer, 1912 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Precis villida taitica Fruhstorfer, 1912 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Junonia villida chagoensis Watkins, 1925 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Precis villida longfieldae Riley, 1928 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Precis villida soerabajana Kalis, 1933 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Precis villida ketoepatana Kalis, 1933 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Precis villica papoeana Kalis, 1933 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Faunistik

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Australien, Papua-Neuguinea, Indonesien, Fidschi, Salomon-Inseln, Neukaledonien, Vanuatu, Tonga, Französisch-Polynesien, Samoa, Brasilien?, Neuseeland, Cookinseln, Kolumbien?, Amerikanisch-Samoa, Weihnachtsinsel, Norfolkinsel, Peru? und Palau vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Insula Amsterdam [Insel im Indischen Ozean].

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1787): Mantissa insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus. Tom. II. Hafniae (Christ. Gottl. Proft): 1-382.

3.5. Information at other websites (external links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [Butterfly House]
• [Butterflies of Australia]