Linnaeus' Gunawardenea Gunawardenea linnaei Fletcher & Moir, 2008
Fauna Portal species: 797
Gunawardenea linnaei female, lateral (HBI N508-14; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11809Diagnosis
(after Fletcher & Moir 2008): Gunawardenea linnaei differs from G. pulchra by the structures of the male genitalia and by the markings on the vertex and frons. Gunawardenea pulchra has two transverse bands on the vertex, the anterior being interrupted medially, and a series of transverse black bands on either side of the frons while in G. linnaei the bands on the vertex are more obscure with the anterior markings linked bya broadly V-shaped band on the upper part of the frons, this marking absent from G. pulchra.
On Barrow Island, G. linnaei differs distinctly from the other species found there, Gunawardenea FP-798, by the more distinct patterning on the wings.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
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