Vanessa kershawi

Australian Painted Lady at Penrose, NSW

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Identification history

	Vanessa kershawi	26 Jan 2023	owenh
	Vanessa kershawi	26 Jan 2023	NigeHartley

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owenh wrote:

26 Jan 2023

Re Gender: Michael Braby notes 'The sexes are difficult to distinguish and best separated by examination of the fore leg.' (Butterflies of Australia Vol 2. CSIRO Publishing 2000).

NigeHartley wrote:

29 Jan 2023

Thanks for the info

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Location information

Coordinates 150.184189 -34.678944
Altitude 644.3m
Maps Penrose Wingecarribee Local Government Area
Places Penrose, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
3 Jan 2023 01:08 PM Recorded on
NigeHartley Recorded by
Collections
Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Nymphs (Nymphalidae) NigeHartley Southern Highlands NatureMapr

Additional information

See photo Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size
Male Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health
True Insect on a flower

Species information

Vanessa kershawi Scientific name
Australian Painted Lady Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2203.8m Recorded at altitude
828 images trained Machine learning
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania