Range extension for Anthene seltuttus (Röber, 1886) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in northeastern Australia

The lycaenid butterfly Anthene seltuttus affinis (Waterhouse & R.E. Turner, 1905) is newly recorded breeding at Gladstone, Qld, extending the southern geographical (latitudinal) range of the species by approximately 90 km SE of Rockhampton. Larvae were recorded feeding on the foliage of Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A. Rich.) Radlk. (Sapindaceae) and attended by Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) ants. The range extension adds to the growing list of butterfly species in eastern Australia that have expanded their range considerably further southwards into new areas in recent decades.