Jalmenus ictinus
2 Stencilled Hairstreak at Hughes, ACT
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| Jalmenus ictinus | owenh | 21 Feb 2023 | |
| Jalmenus ictinus | CarbonAI | 21 Feb 2023 | |
| Jalmenus ictinus | LisaH | 21 Feb 2023 |
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User's notes
The entire life cycle of this butterfly was in this acacia (just did not see eggs, or death - but did see an older adult a week or so ago). The blurred adult in this sighting was part of an emergence of 4 very active butterflies (I assume they were newly emerged)
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.098912-35.328265
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2023 12:25 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- LisaH 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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