Occurrence record: Entomology:K.179106

Preserved specimen of Tirumala hamata hamata (Macleay, 1826) | Blue Tiger recorded on 1907-09-03

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Australian Museum Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection	Australian Museum Entomology Collection Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number	K.179106
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:6054557,urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.179106"]
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector	H. Elgner
Associated Occurrence Status	Associated record
Associated occurrences	The occurrence is associated with a representative record. For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License	CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence	PRESENT
Associated records	ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:6051167
Occurrence date	1907-09-03 Supplied date "1907-09-03/1907-09-03"
End day of year	246
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	246

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Tirumala hamata hamata Supplied scientific name "Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)"
Identified to rank	subspecies
Common name	Blue Tiger
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Nymphalidae
Genus	Tirumala
Species	Tirumala hamata
Name match metric	exactMatch
Accepted name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Subspecies	Tirumala hamata hamata
Scientific name authorship	(Macleay, 1826)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Name according to	(MacLeay, 1826)

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Queensland
Latitude	-9.915833 Supplied as: "-9.915833"
Longitude	144.05222 Supplied as: "144.05222"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality	Murray Island
Location remarks	Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait Islands, Murray Island (9° 54' 57" S, 144° 03' 08" E) 03/09/1907 - 03/09/1907, Elgner, Hermann(Collector)
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Terrestrial	true
Georeference remarks	Also known as Mer or Maer Island
Verbatim latitude	09° 54' 57" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	144° 03' 08" E

Additional properties

geodedic datum	GDA94
verbatim uncertainty	1km-10km

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Inferred associated occurrence details

This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/ala-dataquality/wiki/INFERRED_DUPLICATE_RECORD

Representative Record
Record UUID	2feffc00-c1a5-42bd-b4f0-517381527989
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222
Related records
Record UUID	75a19235-e5ba-49d7-ab03-13b4da239a79
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222
Record UUID	cc88ac2c-42b1-476d-ad47-7e7399217895
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222
Record UUID	800f1a0d-4de1-4e59-ad41-178ea98915e9
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222
Record UUID	c4fb8f2f-d1a8-4130-bcab-e91159f64634
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222
Record UUID	cced987c-7a0d-4f4b-83fd-3a842ba9a308
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222
Record UUID	fc8c3570-ccd1-4ac4-9cb9-42c9741e93b5
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222
Record UUID	8460876c-7ef1-4317-80fd-a7b834d57473
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
Coordinates	-9.915833,144.05222

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Cape York Peninsula
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Cape York-Torres Strait
IBRA 7.1 Regions	Cape York Peninsula
IBRA 7.1 Subegions	Cape York-Torres Strait
NRM Regions 2010	Torres Strait
NRM Regions 2017	Torres Strait
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Torres Strait
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Torres Strait
Biodiversity
IBRA 7 Regions	Cape York Peninsula
IBRA 7 Subregions	Cape York-Torres Strait
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Carpentaria Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	JACKY JACKY CREEK
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Meriam - Eastern Islands
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Ergon - Mer ILUA
Indigenous Land Use Agreements (updated 24 March 2026)	Ergon - Mer ILUA
Indigenous Locations 2021	Mer (Murray) Island
Indigenous Regions 2021	Torres Strait
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Torres Strait
Registered Native Title Bodies Corportate (updated 1 April 2026)	Mer Gedkem Le (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC
Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026)	Torres Strait
Marine
States including coastal waters	Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Leichhardt
Electorates March 2025	Leichhardt
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Ergon - Mer ILUA
Local Government Areas 2011	Torres Strait Island (R)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Mer
Local Government Areas 2023	Torres Strait Island
Local Government Areas 2025	Torres Strait Island
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	TORRES STRAIT ISLAND REGIONAL
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes	Mabo
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	694
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	812
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF QLD
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
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)	MERIAM - EASTERN ISLANDS
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	MER (MURRAY) ISLAND
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	TORRES STRAIT
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Very Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	COOK
PSMA States (2016)	QUEENSLAND
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Cook
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Torres Strait Islands
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of Qld
Postal Areas 2021	4875
Remoteness Areas 2021	Very Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	Queensland
Statistical Areas Level 2	Torres Strait Islands
Statistical Areas Level 3	Far North
Statistical Areas Level 4	Queensland - Outback
Tourism Regions 2021	Tropical North Queensland
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Indigenous owned, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Other Crown Land
Vegetation types - native	unknown/no data
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	7281.0 frequency
Species Richness	2535.0 frequency
Climate
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	1559.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	101.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	14.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	68.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	79.92277 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	535.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	287.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	812.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	26.125 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	9.300001 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	21.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	24.766666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	6.366667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	24.766666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	68.45877 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	100.84868
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	31.1 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	27.133333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	26.933332 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	69.0 %

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)	Tirumala hamata hamata
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ec21b060-78e8-4a37-9e62-b8bef532b001
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3f348d00-8357-4f55-afa3-66e4dd478dd0
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6809004e-1d1d-429c-b2c5-a440f563786e
	Order	Lepidoptera	Lepidoptera
	Taxon rank id		8000
	Accepted name usage	Tirumala hamata hamata (MacLeay, 1826)
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b5500534-9763-463d-88b3-1c23a8eb7402
	Genus	Tirumala	Tirumala
	Left		270046
	Subspecies	Tirumala hamata hamata	Tirumala hamata hamata
	Scientific name authorship		(Macleay, 1826)
	Taxon rank		subspecies
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9803fd5-0262-46e4-8553-c29db8426208
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Blue Tiger	Blue Tiger
	Name according to	(MacLeay, 1826)
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/7cb6c81c-a7c4-4dd5-8578-fcfd2de847d6
	Right		270046
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	hamata
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17c9fd64-3c07-4df5-a33d-eda1e065e99f
	Phylum	Arthropoda	Arthropoda
	Class	Insecta	Insecta
	Species		Tirumala hamata
	Subspecies id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6809004e-1d1d-429c-b2c5-a440f563786e
	Family		Nymphalidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:6051167
	Year		1907
	End day of year		246
	Month		9
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		246
	Day		3
	Event date	1907-09-03/1907-09-03	1907-09-03
Occurrence	Associated occurrences		2feffc00-c1a5-42bd-b4f0-517381527989
	Duplication status		D
	Catalog number	K.179106
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2026-06-17	2026-06-17
	Collection code	Entomology
	Duplicate status		ASSOCIATED
	Institution code	AM
	Recorded by	H. Elgner
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:6054557,urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.179106]
Attribution	Data resource		Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Australian Museum Entomology Collection
	License		CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr340	dr340
	Institution ID		in4
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co9
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-9.915833	-9.915833
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Georeference remarks	Also known as Mer or Maer Island
	Decimal longitude	144.05222	144.05222
	State province	Queensland	Queensland
	Verbatim locality	Murray Island
	Verbatim latitude	09° 54' 57" S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Torres Strait Island (R)
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	Australia, Queensland, Torres Strait Islands, Murray Island (9° 54' 57" S, 144° 03' 08" E) 03/09/1907 - 03/09/1907, Elgner, Hermann(Collector)
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	144° 03' 08" E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

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