5 Silky Hairstreak at suppressed
Identification history
| Pseudalmenus chlorinda | 7 Jan 2025 | owenh | ||
| Jalmenus icilius | 7 Jan 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus | 7 Jan 2025 | Csteele4 |
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Significant sighting
owenh noted:
7 Jan 2025
First confirmed breeding record, and a new location, for this irregularly recorded species on Canberra and Southern Tablelands Naturemapr
User's notes
Being tended by ants.
7 comments
owenh
wrote:
7 Jan 2025
Nice find, well done. Just need to species level. Only the one subspecies in our region.
Status:
ACT - Rare highland resident with restricted distribution (Suzi Bond 2016, 2018).
NSW - Common but very local (Michael Braby 2016).
Status:
ACT - Rare highland resident with restricted distribution (Suzi Bond 2016, 2018).
NSW - Common but very local (Michael Braby 2016).
Csteele4
wrote:
8 Jan 2025
@owenh good to know! How exciting, I just thought they were pretty, and knew it was one of the Blues because of the ants!
DPRees125
wrote:
9 Jan 2025
Nice to see the larvae, however if you find a few adults around a tree then you can be pretty certain they have bred there or very nearby, given the biology of this species.
owenh
wrote:
9 Jan 2025
Yes @DPRees125 , I totally agree with you. But may I add, however, if we take on the 'task' of moderating a subject we need to be 100% certain (not pretty certain).
DPRees125
wrote:
9 Jan 2025
My comment needs to said to qualify your rather 'black and white' one. Red literally some might think this species is a migrant that comes and goes and breed here occasionally, when that is not the case. Would have been better to say these are the first images of larvae of an elusive/scare resident posted here, a significant event, with all that implies - which you can demonstrate to a 100%.
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
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Collections
Csteele4 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Significant Pseudalmenus chlorinda Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Acacia dealbata Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Pseudalmenus chlorinda Scientific name
- Silky Hairstreak Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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