Jalmenus eichhorni (Northern Hairstreak)
27/03/2016
Endeavour Falls, QLD
27/03/2016
Endeavour Falls, QLD
27/03/2016
Endeavour Falls, QLD
27/03/2016
Endeavour Falls, QLD
27/03/2016
Endeavour Falls, QLD
27/03/2016
Endeavour Falls, QLD
Other Common Name
Northern Imperial Blue
Notes
I saw a couple of adults on small Acacias at the side of the road to Endeavour Falls near Cooktown, though I only got photos of one specimen. There were also larvae of various sizes, mostly small, and one or two pupae.
Sightings
Endeavour Falls, near Cooktown – March 2016
Links
- The Complete Field Guide to Australian Butterflies (2nd edition) by Michael F. Braby
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Bob’s Butterflies
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Wikipedia
- iNaturalist
- Nocturnal ant attendance of Jalmenus eichhorni Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on Cape York Peninsula, Queensland by Kelvyn Dunn