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Oreixenica Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
Oreixenica Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914; Butts Australia: 5, 28, 41, TS: Lasiommata lathoniella Westwood
Oreixenica, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Orsixenica ; Sharp, 1916, in Zool. Rec. 51 (year 1914) (Ins.): 212 (missp.)
Oreixenica (Hypocystina) ; [Wahlberg]

Oreixenica orichora (Meyrick, 1885)
-. See [About maps] Xenica orichora Meyrick, 1885; Ent. mon. Mag. 22 : 82
Oreixenica orichora, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Oreixenica orichora, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
orichroa ; Fruhstorfer, 1911, (missp.)

Larva on Poa spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

S.New South Wales - Victoria Orichora Brown
Oreixenica orichora orichora ; [BAUR, 272]
O. o. flynni Hardy, 1916
Tasmania (Cradle Mtn., Mt. Rufus) Oreixenica flynni Hardy, 1916
Oreixenica orichora flynni ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]
?O. o. paludosa (Lucas, 1892)
SE.Australia Alpine Silver Xenica?
Xenica paludosa Lucas, 1892; Proc. R. Soc. Qd 8 (3) : 71, TL: ? near Launceston, Tasmania
Oreixenica paludosa paludosa ; [BAUR, 272]

Oreixenica ptunarra Couchman, 1953
Oreixenica ptunarra Couchman, 1953; Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond.: 73
Oreixenica ptunarra, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Larva on (Unidentified grasses) K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Tasmania (Great Lake) Oreixenica ptunarra ptunarra ; [BAUR, 272]
O. p. roonina Couchman, 1953
Tasmania (Mike Howes Marsh) Oreixenica roonina Couchman, 1953
Oreixenica ptunarra roonina ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]
O. p. angeli Couchman, 1953
Tasmania (Lake Leake) Oreixenica angeli Couchman, 1953
Oreixenica ptunarra angeli ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]

Oreixenica latialis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
-. See [About maps] Oreixenica latialis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Oreixenica latialis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Oreixenica latialis ; [AUCL]

Larva on Poa spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

O. l. nama Couchman, 1953
New South Wales (Nimmitabel) Oreixenica nama Couchman, 1953
Oreixenica paludosa nama ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]
O. l. theddora Couchman, 1953
Victoria (Mt. Buffalo) Oreixenica theddora Couchman, 1953
Oreixenica paludosa theddora ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]

Oreixenica lathoniella (Westwood, [1851])
Australia, Tasmania. See [About maps] Lasiommata lathoniella Westwood, [1851]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (2): 387 nota
Oreixenica barnardi Turner, 1926
Oreixenica maweena Couchman, 1953
Oreixenica lathoniella, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Oreixenica lathoniella ; [EBW]
Geitoneura lathoniella ; [BOW: pl. 165, f. 15]

Larva on Microlaena stipoides, Poa spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

Tasmania Tasmanian Silver Xenica
Oreixenica lathoniella lathoniella ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]
O. l. herceus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
S.New South Wales, Victoria (mountain regions) Common Silver Xenica
Oreixenica lathoniella herceus ; [BAUR, 272]
O. l. laranda Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
W.Tasmania Dark Silver Xenica
Oreixenica laranda Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
Oreixenica lathoniella laranda ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]

Oreixenica correae (Olliff, 1890)
S.New South Wales, E.Victoria (mountain regions). See [About maps] Correa Brown
Xenica correae Olliff, 1890; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 4 (3) : 621
Xenica fulva Olliff, 1890
Oreixenica correae, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Oreixenica correae, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Oreixenica correae ; [BAUR, 272]

Larva on Poa spp. K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)


Oreixenica kershawi (Miskin, 1876)
SE.Australia. See [About maps] Kershaw's Brown
Xenica kershawi Miskin, 1876
Oreixenica kershawi, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Oreixenica kershawi, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Geitoneira kershawi ; [BOW: pl. 165, f. 14]

Larva on Poa spp., Tetrarrhena juncea, (Unidentified grasses) K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

E.Victoria Oreixenica kershawi kershawi ; [BAUR, 272]
O. k. ella (Olliff, 1888)
New South Wales (Barrington Tops) Xenica ella Olliff, 1888; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 2 (4) : 976, TL: Warra, New South Wales
Oreixenica kershawi ella ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]
O. k. phryne Tindale, 1949
A.C.T. (Brindabella) Oreixenica phryne Tindale, 1949
Oreixenica kershawi phryne ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]
O. k. kanunda Tindale, 1949
SW.Victoria (Canunda Swamp, Dartmoor District) Oreixenica kanunda Tindale, 1949
Oreixenica kershawi kanunda ; [BAUR, 272 (text)]


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References:
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[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!
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[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
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group


Some related literature:
Westwood, [1851]
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)
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Lucas, 1892
On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera with additional localities, &c Proc. R. Soc. Qd 8 (3) : 68-94
Meyrick, 1885
An ascent of mount Kosciusko Ent. mon. Mag. 22 : 78-82
Olliff, 1888
On a new Butterfly of the Family Satyridae Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 2 (4) : 976-977
Olliff, 1890
On Rhopalocera from Mt. Kosciusko, New South Wales Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 4 (3) : 619-624
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
The Butterflies of Australia, a Monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera, introducing ... Butts Australia: 239pp, 42 pls


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