Jalmenus ictinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Zesiini
Genus: Jalmenus
Species: Jalmenus ictinus
Name

Jalmenus ictinus Hewitson, [1865].

Type locality: "Australia".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.
Synonymy

Ialmenus ictinus Hewitson, 1865: 54, pl. 24, figs 6-8.
Austromyrina schraderi C. & R. Felder, 1865: 260, pl.32 figs 12,13.
Protialmenus ictinus (Hewitson); Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 129, figs 450,457.
Ialmenus schraederi [sic] (Felder); Burns, 1951: 100.
Ialmenus ictinus kooronya Edwards, 1956: 61.
Ialmenus ictinus penunga Edwards, 1956: 62.
Jalmenus ictinus (Hewitson); D'Abrera, 1977: 307.

References

D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page.
Burns, A.N., 1951. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera with descriptions of new subspecies and life histories. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 83–105, pls 1-6. text, plates. Reference page.
Edwards, E.O.E., [1956]. Life histories of suib-species of Ialmenus ictinus Hewitson, 1865; with descriptions of new forms (lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of New South Wales 1954-55: 60–62. BHL Reference page.
Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney. BHL Reference page.

Jalmenus ictinus, the Ictinus blue or stencilled hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on a various Acacia species, including A. bidwillii, A. dealbata, A. decurrens, A. harpophylla, A. implexa, A. mearnsii, A. melanoxylon, A. pendula and A. rubida, as well as Heterodendrum diversifolium.

The caterpillars are attended by the ant species Iridomyrmex purpureus and Iridomyrmex spadius.