Imperial Hairstreak
Jalmenus evagoras
Also called Common Imperial Blue, Pale Imperial Blue
The Imperial Hairstreak (Jalmenus evagoras) is a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Lycaenidae, the blues, coppers and hairstreaks. This site lists 2 subspecies: Jalmenus evagoras eubulus and Jalmenus evagoras evagoras. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 27 plants, including Acacia mearnsii, Acacia decurrens and Acacia pycnantha. This page has 8 photos of its life cycle (final instar caterpillars, pupae and adults) by Bob Miller.
Subspecies
- Jalmenus evagoras eubulus no photos yet
- Jalmenus evagoras evagoras 8 photos
Life cycle of the Imperial Hairstreak
Imperial Hairstreak caterpillars (final instar)
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Imperial Hairstreak pupae
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Imperial Hairstreak adults
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Photos by Bob Miller. Free to use for any purpose (CC0). Select a photo to enlarge it or download the original. Using these photos. Add your own photo of this butterfly.
Caterpillar food plants
27 known food plants.
- Acacia binervata
- Acacia dealbata
- Acacia decurrens
- Acacia disparrima
- Acacia falcata
- Acacia filicifolia
- Acacia fimbriata
- Acacia floribunda
- Acacia genistifolia
- Acacia harpophylla
- Acacia implexa
- Acacia ingramii
- Acacia irrorata
- Acacia leiocalyx
- Acacia leucoclada
- Acacia longifolia
- Acacia macradenia
- Acacia mearnsii
- Acacia melanoxylon
- Acacia neriifolia
- Acacia parramattensis
- Acacia penninervis
- Acacia polybotrya
- Acacia pycnantha
- Acacia rubida
- Acacia spectabilis
- Acacia terminalis