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Imperial Hairstreak

Jalmenus evagoras

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 434, February 403, March 277, April 115, May 16, June 1, July 0, August 0, September 3, October 32, November 153, December 441.
Australia1,875
Victoria800
Queensland560
New South Wales448
Australian Capital Territory67

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusJalmenus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Imperial Hairstreak with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.