1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

1-3: (1: ♂), (2-3: ♀), Australia, Victoria, near Creswick, ca. 450 m, 11. February 2018 (det. & phot.: Wolfgang Hackbusch)Forum

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1-2: Butler (1882: 85-86) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Other combinations

• Telesto flammeata Butler, 1882 [original combination]
• Signeta flammeata (Butler, 1882)

3.2. Synonyms

• Telesto eclipsis Butler, 1882 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hesperilla atromacula Miskin, 1889 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.3. Taxonomy

Toussaint et al. (2022) conclude, on the basis of their genetic study, that the genus Signeta should be regarded as a synonym of Timoconia. They therefore carried out the corresponding recombinations.

(author: Erwin Rennwald)

3.4. Literature

• Original description: Butler, A. G. (1882): On a small Collection of Lepidoptera from Melbourne. — The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Fifth Series 9: 84-103.
• Toussaint, E.F.A., Braby, M.F., Müller, C.J., Petrie, E.A. & A.Y. Kawahara (2022): Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae). — Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 20: 1–15. [PDF auf toussaintlab.com]