Action Plan for the Bitterbush blue butterfly (Theclinesthes albocincta): Northern Adelaide Plains – Kangaroo Island

Glatz, R.V., Young, D.A., Marsh, J. and Swarbrick, A. (2017) Action Plan for the Bitterbush blue butterfly (Theclinesthes albocincta): Northern Adelaide Plains – Kangaroo Island. D’Estrees Entomology and Science Services

Abstract

This report presents data from a survey of the Bitterbush blue butterfly (BBB; Theclinesthes albocincta) and its host plant, the Coastal bitterbush (Adriana quadripartita). Findings from the survey are discussed and recommendations provided regarding conservation of BBB and further research. The survey and subsequent analysis was supported by the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board’s Samphire Coast Icon Project through funding from the Australian Government, and D’Estrees Entomology and Science Services.

Due to its extinction from a large area of former habitat along the Adelaide metropolitan coast, and a perceived contraction of populations in the Northern Adelaide Plains region, it was previously identified as a Focal Species for conservation by the Metropolitan Adelaide and Northern Coastal Action Plan (MANCAP) (Caton 2009)...

Item Type:	Report
Series Name:	Final Report to Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management.
Publisher:	D’Estrees Entomology and Science Services
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/65142

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