Polyura pyrrhus tiberius Waterhouse, 1920:468
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Eulepis pyrrhus tiberius Waterhouse, 1920:468; Polyura sempronius tiberius Waterhouse, 1920:468
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1969 (Dexter et al., 1993)
Distribution
Lord Howe Islands, New South Wales, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Waterhouse, G. A. (1920). Descriptions of new forms of butterflies from the South Pacific. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45(3): 468-471.
Other references:
D'Abrera. (1977). Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
Dexter, E. M., Dunn, K. L. and Kitching, R. L. (1993). The conservation status of butterflies in New South Wales. A Report to the Worldwide Fund for Nature. Unpublished report.
Peters, J. V. (1969). The butterflies of Lord Howe Island. Proc. R. zool. Soc. N.S.W. 1967-68: 63-64.
Smiles, Robert L. (1982). The taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polyura Billberg (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. 44(3): 115-237, f. 1-159.
Smithers, C. N. (1970). Observations on Lord Howe Island butterflies. Aust. Zool. 15: 377-379.
"The Earth Extinct Entomological Chronicles (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1988)
"Living Things Vanished from the Earth (in Japanese)" by Toshio Inomata (1993)