Genus Acraea Fabricius, 1807
- Acraea Fabricius, J.C. 1807. Systema glossatorum. In Illiger, Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx. Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 6: 279-289 [284].
Type species:
Papilio horta Linnaeus, 1764 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [101]. - Actinote Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [27].
Type species:
Papilio thalia Linnaeus, 1758 by designation under Plenary Powers, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 214. Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of a type species for the genus Actinote Hübner [1819] (Class Insecta, Order Lepidoptera) in harmony with accustomed usage. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 4: 41-50 [43]; Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Suppl. 9: 1-509 [24] (discussed selection of a type species). - Telchinia Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [27].
Type species:
Papilio serena Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [277]. - Calornis Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin] [77] [junior objective synonym of Actinote Hübner, [1819]].
Type species:
Papilio thalia Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [132]. - Gnesia Doubleday, E. in Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1848. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. Illustrated by W.C. Hewitson. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1 pp. 133-200 (except pp. 143, 144) pls 2. [issued 1848, dated 1846-1850] [141].
Type species:
Papilio circeis Drury, 1782 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [179]. - Hyalites Doubleday, E. in Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1848. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. Illustrated by W.C. Hewitson. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1 pp. 133-200 (except pp. 143, 144) pls 2. [issued 1848, dated 1846-1850] [140] [junior objective synonym of Acraea Fabricius, 1807].
Type species:
Papilio lycia Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [193]. - Pareba Doubleday, E. in Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1848. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. Illustrated by W.C. Hewitson. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1 pp. 133-200 (except pp. 143, 144) pls 2. [issued 1848, dated 1846-1850] [142].
Type species:
Papilio vesta Fabricius, 1787 by monotypy. - Planema Doubleday, E. in Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J.O. 1848. The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera: comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus. Illustrated by W.C. Hewitson. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 1 pp. 133-200 (except pp. 143, 144) pls 2. [issued 1848, dated 1846-1850] [140].
Type species:
Acraea lycoa Godart, 1819 by subsequent designation, see Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. A contribution to systematic nomenclature. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 91-293 [252]. - Aphanopeltis Mabille, P. 1887. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères. in Grandidier, A. Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar. Paris : L'Impr. Nationale Vol. 18 (Lep. 1). v 364 pp. [issued 1887, dated 1885-1887] [85] [junior objective synonym of Acraea Fabricius, 1807].
Type species:
Papilio horta Linnaeus, 1764 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1935. Notes on seventeen genera of Rhopalocera. Stylops 4: 1-3 [2]. - Phanopeltis Mabille, P. 1887. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères. in Grandidier, A. Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar. Paris : L'Impr. Nationale Vol. 18 (Lep. 1). v 364 pp. [issued 1887, dated 1885-1887] [84].
Type species:
Acraea ranavalona Boisduval, 1833 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1935. Notes on seventeen genera of Rhopalocera. Stylops 4: 1-3 [2]. - Solenites Mabille, P. 1887. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères. in Grandidier, A. Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar. Paris : L'Impr. Nationale Vol. 18 (Lep. 1). v 364 pp. [issued 1887, dated 1885-1887] [82].
Type species:
Acraea igati Boisduval, 1833 by subsequent designation, see Hemming, F. 1935. Notes on seventeen genera of Rhopalocera. Stylops 4: 1-3 [2]. - Miyana Fruhstorfer, H. 1914. The Indo-Australian Rhopalocera. [Nymphalidae]. pp. 705-744 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp. [Date published 23 July 1914] [743].
Type species:
Acraea moluccana C. Felder, 1860 by original designation. - Bematistes Hemming, F. 1935. Note on the genotypes of three genera of Rhopalocera represented in the fauna of Abyssinia. 374 (App. 1), 434-436 in Carpenter, G.D.H. The Rhopalocera of Abyssinia a faunistic study. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 83: 313-447 [374] [established for species previously but incorrectly placed in the genus Planema Doubleday, 1848 as the result of Aurivillius (1898) and later authors ignoring the type selection for Planema Doubleday, 1848 made by Scudder (1875)].
Type species:
Papilio umbra Drury, 1782 by original designation. - Altinote Potts, R.W.L. 1943. Systematic notes concerning American Acraeinae. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 19(1): 31-32 [31].
Type species:
Heliconius neleus Latreille, 1811 by original designation. - Abananote Potts, R.W.L. 1943. Systematic notes concerning American Acraeinae. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 19(1): 31-32 [31] [first made available as a subgenus of Altinote Potts, 1943].
Type species:
Acraea abana Hewitson, 1868 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Suppl. 9: 1-509 [92] (synonymy of Actinote Hübner, [1819] and Calornis Billberg, 1820)
- Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.L. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne : CSIRO Publications xi 803 pp. [Date published 31 December 1995] [229, 248]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
- Vanuatu
- Western Samoa
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
General References
Ackery, P.R. 1988. Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 33: 95-203 [135] (extensive bibliography)
Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.L. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. East Melbourne : CSIRO Publications xi 803 pp. [Date published 31 December 1995] [228]
Miskin, W.H. 1891. A synonymical catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Butterflies) of Australia with full bibliographical reference: including descriptions of some new species. Annals of the Queensland Museum 1: [i]-xx 1-[93] [i]-ix [36] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Actinote Hübner, [1819] as Actinota)
Pierre, J. 1987. Systématique cladistique chez les Acraea (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 23(1): 11-27 [11]
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