Jalmenus eubulus

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| genus = Jalmenus

| species = eubulus

| authority = Miskin, 1876

| synonyms = *Ialmenus eubulus Miskin, 1876

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Jalmenus eubulus (common name Pale imperial hairstreak) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland,{{Cite web|title=Australian Faunal Directory: Jalmenus eubulus Miskin, 1876|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Jalmenus_eubulus|access-date=2021-04-28|website=biodiversity.org.au|language=en}}{{cite journal|author=Miskin, W.H.|authorlink=William Henry Miskin|date= 1876|title= Descriptions of new species of Australian diurnal Lepidoptera|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|volume=24|issue=3|pages=451–457 [457]|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01920.x |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14674907}} in the Murray-Darling basin. It was first described in 1876 by William Henry Miskin.

It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of Jalmenus evagoras (Jalmenus evagoras eubulus Miskin, 1876){{Cite web|last=Zicha|first=Ondrej|title=BioLib: Biological library: Jalmenus eubulus|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id685301/|access-date=2021-04-28|website=www.biolib.cz}}

In 2021, it was considered likely to be extinct by 2040 with a 42% probability.{{Cite web|last1=Geyle|first1=Hayley|last2=Dielenberg|first2=Jaana|last3=Braby|first3=Michael F.|last4=Bell|first4=Phillip John|last5=Glatz|first5=Richard V.|last6=Kitching|first6=Roger|last7=New|first7=Tim R.|title=Next time you see a butterfly, treasure the memory: scientists raise alarm on these 26 species|url=http://theconversation.com/next-time-you-see-a-butterfly-treasure-the-memory-scientists-raise-alarm-on-these-26-species-159798|access-date=2021-04-28|website=The Conversation|language=en}}

It is considered a vulnerable species in Queensland, and a critically threatened species in New South Wales.{{cite Q|Q106644099|pages=101}}{{Cite web|last=Atlas of Living Australia|title=Species: Jalmenus eubulus|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2da9c823-15f0-43de-8ebc-0f20dacbfa61|access-date=2021-04-28|website=bie.ala.org.au|language=en-AU}}

Description

Miskin's original description:

Upperside: pearly white, with slightly opalescent hues. Primaries: With costa, apex and outer margin widely dark brown; small black transverse line at termination of cell. Secondaries: with the veins brown; outer margin narrowly bordered with brown, gradually decreasing to apex; a submarginal line of white from apical to anal angle; second and third median branches terminating in well developed tails; the first median and submedian forming points but not extended; between the two tails a large crescent of orange surmounting black border, and in the angle a patch of orange; between the orange patches black crowned with white, and above all a faint margin of brown.

Underside: greyish-white. Primaries: with outer edge of Aving dark brown; a marginal band of pale brown or fawn colour; an inner line of faint brown; a transverse interrupted streak of dark brown; three short discal streaks within cell. Secondaries: With edge, band, and transverse streak, as in primaries, the latter being elbowed twice, opposite the tails; a dark speck near base; a short dark streak in cell, one near costa, a longer one at termination of cell; orange spots as on upper side, but rather larger.

Thorax and abdomen: upperside dark grey; underside light grey.

References

External links

[https://www.gbif.org/species/5138742 Jalmenus eubulus: Images and occurrence data] from GBIF

Category:Theclinae

Category:Butterflies described in 1876

Category:Taxa named by William Henry Miskin

Category:Butterflies of Australia