Jalmenus evagoras

1 Imperial Hairstreak at Pambula Beach, NSW

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Identification history

Jalmenus evagoras	20 Dec 2022	SuziBond
Jalmenus evagoras	16 Jan 2022	KimPullen
Unidentified	8 Jan 2022	KylieWaldon

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I can't remember what the plant was they were on, but look at them all. At home I'm lucky to see 5 together - but this looks more like 25! If I look real close (2nd photo) I think I can see the leafhoppers out - but they are quite dark in colour.

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KylieWaldon wrote:

17 Jan 2022

...so.. these casings are from the butterfly as well and not some kind of leafhopper?

SuziBond wrote:

20 Dec 2022

Hi Kylie, these are pupal shells of the butterfly, with their attendant ants running all over them.

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25 Abundance
31 Dec 2021 06:52 AM Recorded on
KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Insects Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr

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ants Associated Insect
5mm to 12mm Animal size

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
165 images trained Machine learning
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