Occurrence record: 21265:Suniana sunias

Human observation of Suniana sunias (C. Felder, 1860) | Wide-brand Grass-dart recorded on 2023-06-03
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Data resource Butterflies Australia
Occurrence ID 21265:Suniana sunias
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Collector Dfranklin  
Supplied as "DFranklin"
Individual count 3
Life stage Adult
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes minor hilltopping site. Fairly strong south-easterly wind; I observed on sheltered side of hill. Habitat: woodland of Melville Island Bloodwood (Corymbia nesophila). burnt previous year but with lush understorey growth from the wet season.
Occurrence remarks see photo and note seemingly unusual markings on hindwing underside
Identification verification status sightingVerified

Event

Event ID 21265
Occurrence date 2023-06-03
Supplied date "2023-06-03T01:30:00"
Sampling protocol Area  
Event remarks Horn Island hill top
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Suniana sunias
Identified to rank species
Common name Wide-brand Grass-dart
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Hesperiidae
Genus Suniana
Species Suniana sunias
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (C. Felder, 1860)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -10.602
Supplied as: "-10.602"
Longitude 142.2551
Supplied as: "142.2551"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes minor hilltopping site. Fairly strong south-easterly wind; I observed on sheltered side of hill. Habitat: woodland of Melville Island Bloodwood (Corymbia nesophila). burnt previous year but with lush understorey growth from the wet season.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Elevation 71.0
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

species is generalised speciesIsNotGeneralised

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cape York-Torres Strait
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kaurareg People / Torres Shire Council / State of Queensland - ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Torres (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Torres
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Kaurareg People (Ngurupai)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1767
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2726
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TORRES
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KAIWALAGAL - INNER ISLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HORN ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TORRES STRAIT
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1658.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 468.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 110.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1090.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 5.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.61 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.34
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.991667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 64.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.54
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 2.0 m