Vanessa kershawi

Australian Painted Lady at Belconnen, ACT

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Identification history

	Vanessa kershawi	27 Oct 2016	SuziBond
	Vanessa kershawi	26 Oct 2016	JanetRussell

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4 comments

SuziBond wrote:

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?

JanetRussell wrote:

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.

SuziBond wrote:

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.

JanetRussell wrote:

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?

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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
Collections
JanetRussell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Vanessa kershawi Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Male Gender

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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