Vanessa kershawi

Australian Painted Lady at Cook, ACT

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Identification history

Vanessa kershawi	9 Aug 2022	owenh
Vanessa itea	30 Dec 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Unverified	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 ).

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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
Collections
Tammy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

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
836 images trained Machine learning
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania