Pseudalmenus

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Pseudalmenus Druce, [1903]: Pseudalmenus Druce, [1903]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1902 (2) : 116, TS: Ialmenus myrsilus Westwood
Pseudalmenus (Zesiini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 432

Pseudalmenus chlorinda (Blanchard, 1853)

Australia, Tasmania. See [About maps] Thecla chlorinda Blanchard, 1853; Voy. Pol. Sud., 4: 401, pl. 3, f. 15-18
Ialmenus myrsilus Doubleday, 1847; (nomen nudum)
Ialmenus myrsilus Westwood, 1851; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): pl. 75, f. 3
Thecla myrsilus Westwood, 1852; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 487
Pseudalmenus conara Couchman, 1965
Pseudalmenus chlorinda, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Ialmenus myrsilus ; Hewitson, 1865, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (2): 55
Pseudalmenus myrsilus ; [EBW]

Larva on Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia dealbata, A. ovata [BAUR], Acacia decurrens, (attended by Anonychomyrma biconvexa) Dunn, 1998, Victorian Ent. 28 (1): (3-7) Acacia dealbata, A. elata, A. mearnsii, A. melanoxylon, A. obtusifolia, A. terminalis, A. trachyphloia K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

P. c. chlorinda

Tasmania Pseudalmenus chlorinda chlorinda ; [BAUR, 306]

P. c. zephyrus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

E.Victoria Victorian Hairstreak
Pseudalmenus zephyrus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus ; [BAUR, 306 (text)]

P. c. fisheri Tindale, 1953

Victoria (Grampians) Pseudalmenus fisheri Tindale, 1953
Pseudalmenus chlorinda fisheri ; [BAUR, 306 (text)]

P. c. chloris Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914

New South Wales (Katoomba, Mittagong) Silky Hairstreak
Pseudalmenus chloris Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
Pseudalmenus chlorinda chloris ; [BAUR, 306 (text)]

P. c. barringtonensis Waterhouse, 1928

New South Wales (Barrington Tops) Pseudalmenus barringtonensis Waterhouse, 1928
Pseudalmenus chlorinda barringtonensis ; [BAUR, 306]

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References:

[About maps]: Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAUR]: D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BHL]: The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[Don Herbison-Evans]: and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[EBW]: Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

Some related literature:

Blanchard, 1853: Voyage au Pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelée executé ......pendant......1837-40 sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville etc. Zool., Insectes. Vol. 4 Voy. Pol. Sud., 4: 1-422, 25pls
Westwood, 1851; Westwood, 1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29, 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
Druce, [1903]: On some new and little-known Butterflies of the Family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian, and Oriental Regions Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1902 (2) : 112-121, pl. 11-12
Dunn, 1998: Biological notes on some eastern Australian butterflies. Part III Victorian Ent. 28 (1): 3-7
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991: Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Eliot, 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Hewitson, 1865: Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863), (2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865), (3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867), (4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869), (5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873), (6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874), (7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877), (8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)

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