Hairy Line-blue Erysichton lineata lineata
Wingspan: 21mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec - Feb
Distribution: Fragmented range - CYP., FNQ to Mount White near Coen, QLD then from Cooktown to near Townsville, QLD. Also occurs on the Tablelands north of Armidale in NSW where it is considered to be common.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
NOTE: Similar species: Jameela palmyra, Marbled Line-blue & Sahulana scintillata, Glistening Line-blue
Wingspan: 21mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec - Feb
Distribution: Fragmented range - CYP., FNQ to Mount White near Coen, QLD then from Cooktown to near Townsville, QLD. Also occurs on the Tablelands north of Armidale in NSW where it is considered to be common.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
NOTE: Similar species: Jameela palmyra, Marbled Line-blue & Sahulana scintillata, Glistening Line-blue
Hairy Line-Blue female (Bellingen Is.)
A pair of Hairy Lineblues, Coramba NSW, 11 Mar 2021 (Photo Rowan McCabe)
Female laying eggs, Coffs Harbour Botanical Gardens, 25 Mar 2021
Not a great photo but shows this female in our garden feeding on a Camellia seed - moisture perhaps. Dec 2019
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Perching high in our garden - she stayed long enough for me to go in and get the camera. Dec 2019
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Hairy Line-blue Erysichton lineata lineata
Wingspan: 21mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec - Feb
Distribution: Fragmented range - CYP., FNQ to Mount White near Coen, QLD then from Cooktown to near Townsville, QLD. Also occurs on the Tablelands north of Armidale in NSW where it is considered to be common.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
NOTE: Similar species: Jameela palmyra, Marbled Line-blue & Sahulana scintillata, Glistening Line-blue
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: Yes
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage:
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage:
Larvae not usually attended by ants.
Wingspan: 21mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec - Feb
Distribution: Fragmented range - CYP., FNQ to Mount White near Coen, QLD then from Cooktown to near Townsville, QLD. Also occurs on the Tablelands north of Armidale in NSW where it is considered to be common.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
NOTE: Similar species: Jameela palmyra, Marbled Line-blue & Sahulana scintillata, Glistening Line-blue
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Dec 2019, Jan 2017, Feb 2016, 2019,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere:
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: (Rainforest trees including): Alectryon, Brachychiton, Cupaniopsis, Ehretia, Harpullia, Jagera, Macadamia, Syzygium,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: (Rainforest trees including): Elattostachys, Mischarytera
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: Yes
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage:
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage:
Larvae not usually attended by ants.
