Imperial Hairstreak at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Jalmenus evagoras | 9 Mar 2023 | owenh | ||
| Jalmenus ictinus | 7 Mar 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Jalmenus ictinus | 7 Mar 2023 | MatthewFrawley |
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User's notes
Meat Ants present on tree
2 comments
owenh
wrote:
9 Mar 2023
Thanks Matthew. Despite Meat Ants being recorded on tree at time of sighting am confirming these as Imperial Hairstreak as the old pupal cases appear attached to a communal web which is utilised by this species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.077506-35.379936
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 7 Mar 2023 07:12 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Collections
MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Jalmenus evagoras Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Acacia sp. Associated plant
- Iridomyrmex purpureus Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Jalmenus evagoras Scientific name
- Imperial Hairstreak Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1066.4m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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