Halmus chalybeus
Steelblue Lady Beetle
As recorded: Orcus chalybeus (Boisduval, 1835)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Coccinellidae
- Collected by
- Maa; Miyatake; YoshimotoMaa →M. Miyatake →Carl Masaru Yoshimoto →
- Date
- August 1961
- Locality
- Kokee
- Region
- State of Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Halmus chalybeus observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1961. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 263 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-13.
2026-10-13
Hawaii, US
(c) Andre Golumbeski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-27
Hawaii County, US-HI, US
(c) Gracie McMullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-20
Pāhoa, HI 96778, USA
(c) rnpreptiles, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-30
Crater Rim Trail, Pahoa, HI, US
(c) hi_ocean, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-25
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) Brynn Fricke, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-23
Waianae, HI, US
(c) cameron_morris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Halmus chalybeus. BPBM 2005002914. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37846076. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2005002914.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37846076 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026