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Silky Hairstreak

Pseudalmenus chlorinda zephyrus

Description:

About 25mm body length. Pattern in brown and yellow with some tints of other colours and 2 obvious red tufts near the tails

Habitat:

Resting for a brief moment on sword grass in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Also called Chlorinda Hairstreak
Leuba found the same species on the same day with underwings revealed... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/118...
The larvae with protective ants can be seen here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/993...
family: LYCAENIDAE
subfamily: THECLINAE
tribe: Zesiusini
Distribution... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...

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5 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

That's great Martin thanks. I'll need to encourage L for the other side now.

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Well since you only get one shot, its a pretty good one. Its a species that is seldom seen. It is the first butterfly on an Australian postage stamp. http://www.canstockphoto.com/postage-sta...

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Pretty with this tail tufts

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Thanks Luis.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Great find Mark!

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 20, 2013
Submitted on Dec 20, 2013

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