Jalmenus ictinus
Stencilled Hairstreak at Hackett, ACT
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| Jalmenus ictinus | SuziBond | 17 Mar 2020 | |
| Jalmenus icilius | AlisonMilton | 15 Mar 2020 |
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2 comments
18 Mar 2020
Hi Alison, because you saw Meat Ants attending this pupa, it makes it a Stencilled Hairstreak rather than Amethyst Hairstreak.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106352-35.272813
- Altitude 625.1m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Mar 2020 10:49 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Acacia Associated plant
- Attendant meat ants Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- AlisonMilton 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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Record quality
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6 / 7
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