Australian Painted Lady at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Vanessa kershawi | 9 Aug 2022 | owenh | ||
| Vanessa itea | 30 Dec 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 29 Dec 2021 | Tammy |
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owenh
wrote:
7 Aug 2022
Tammy notes 'Associated plant' as Lavender which is a known larval food plant of Vanessa kershawi (Caterpillars of V. kershawi have been found on Lavendula officinalis in Canberra: Common and Waterhouse 1981).
Sighting image shows white lateral longitudinal stripe and dorsal longitudinal stripes typical of V. kershawi (Ref: https://sabutterflies.org.au/nymp/kershawi_gallery.html#larvae).
Vanessa itea larvae utilise Stinging Nettles as food plant and feature a paler dorsal longitudinal band (Ref: https://sabutterflies.org.au/nymp/itea_gallery.html#larvae ).
Sighting image shows white lateral longitudinal stripe and dorsal longitudinal stripes typical of V. kershawi (Ref: https://sabutterflies.org.au/nymp/kershawi_gallery.html#larvae).
Vanessa itea larvae utilise Stinging Nettles as food plant and feature a paler dorsal longitudinal band (Ref: https://sabutterflies.org.au/nymp/itea_gallery.html#larvae ).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.072789-35.261032
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 Dec 2021 09:07 AM Recorded on
- Tammy Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Tammy
Additional information
- Lavender Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
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
- 783 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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