Species Jalmenus clementi Druce, 1902
Turquoise Hairstreak
- Ialmenus clementi Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(1): 112-121 pls 11, 12 [120 pl. 11 fig. 9].
Type data:
Lectotype OUM ♂, Touranna (Towranna) Plains, WA, between Yule River and Sherlock River (designated in original description)
Comment: Druce in the original description stated that there were four specimens, although he mentioned 'types' in the Hope Museum Oxford; the types, presumably two, as 'three included the types' will be the original syntypes and the other specimens mentioned were excluded.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Recorded from 100 km E of Nanutarra, the Hamersley Range, Yule River, Port Headland, 22 km S of Exmouth, at Minilya and 80 km NNE of Carnarvon.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Acacia tetragonophylla F.Muell. [FABACEAE] Dead Finish; Acacia inaequilatera Domin [FABACEAE] Kanji; Acacia alexandri Maslin [FABACEAE]).
General References
Olive, J. 1978. Notes on the life history of Jalmenus clementi Druce (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 4: 115 [115] (biology)
Peters, J.V. 1970. The specific validity of Jalmenus clementi Druce (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 9: 149-152 [149] (reinstated as good species, redescription and illustration)
Pierce, N.E. & Nash, D.R. 1999. The Imperial Blue, Jalmenus evagoras (Lycaenidae). pp. 279-315 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [280] (phylogeny)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [260] (considered doubtfully distinct from inous)
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [129] (synonymised with icilius)
Williams, A.A.E. & Tomlinson, A.G. 1994. Further distributional records and natural history notes on butterflies from Western Australia. Victorian Entomologist 24: 122-124 [122] (biology)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
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