Jalmenus ictinus
2 Stencilled Hairstreak at Deakin, ACT
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| Jalmenus ictinus | SuziBond | 6 Feb 2019 | |
| Jalmenus ictinus | JonSteinbeck | 5 Feb 2019 |
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I went to a small run-off stream. That morning I saw three Stencilled Hairstreak Butterflies interacting around an acacia. There was initially one, then a second one joined in, then a third. Sometimes one would sit out on a nearby acacia branch but they would be back in the swirling flying milieu shortly afterwards. There were some other small groups doing the same thing further along. I am unsure if this was breeding behaviour, as I cannot differentiate the sexes with these photographs but I enjoyed the flying display.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.103770-35.326030
- Altitude 672.8m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 3 Feb 2019 08:50 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- acacia Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Jalmenus ictinus Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Jalmenus ictinus Scientific name
- Stencilled Hairstreak Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1014.5m Recorded at altitude
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