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Subfamily THECLINAE - Hairstreaks
- The butterflies in this subfamily have the antenna club in cylindrical shape. Their hind wings may bear 1 or 2 slender tails.
- The caterpillars secrete a substance which attracts ants, usually by a single or at most a few species of ants. They feed openly during the day.
- Jalmenus evagoras, caterpillar length 35mm, adult wingspan 35mm
- The Imperial Blue butterflies are brownish blue on the top side and pale yellow with black lines on the underside. There are long curled tails on each hind wing. Females lay eggs on different kinds of wattles. The caterpillars are easily found during summer on the day time feeding on the leaves. The caterpillars are always attended by ants . More pictures and information please click on here.
- Reference and Link:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p899.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p465.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p465.
