Vanessa kershawi
Australian Painted Lady at Belconnen, ACT
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| Vanessa kershawi | SuziBond | 27 Oct 2016 | |
| Vanessa kershawi | JanetRussell | 26 Oct 2016 |
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4 comments
27 Oct 2016
Hi, I notice you've recorded this individual as a male. It can be difficult to determine the gender of Australian Painted Ladies and I was curious to know what features you used to identify it as a male?
27 Oct 2016
Suzi, the butterfly book I have shows the underside of the wing of the male. I put the second photo in to show it. I thought the female wing underside was rather more plain.
28 Oct 2016
Both sexes are almost identical and have the same underside pattern on their wings. In his 'Butterflies of Australia' book (2000), Braby recommends examination of the fore leg to reliably separate males from females.
28 Oct 2016
Thanks Suzi. I don't really have any expertise and I was misled by the photo and information by Robert Fisher in his field guide. I have to confess I have never examined the fore leg. Shall I leave it to you to edit the entry?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072922-35.249128
- Altitude 572.0m
- Maps Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Oct 2016 11:08 AM Recorded on
- JanetRussell Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Collections
- JanetRussell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Vanessa kershawi Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Vanessa kershawi Scientific name
- Australian Painted Lady Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2203.8m Recorded at altitude
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