Two-spotted Line-blue S5, Underside | Wattle Blue | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Gossamer-winged Butterfly (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Two-spotted Line-blue (Nacaduba biocellata) | ||||
This Photo: | S6, Different Shaped Spots | ||||
Other names: | 2-spotted Line-blue or Double-spotted Line Blue | ||||
Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III & Matt Endacott for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Looks very similar to the common grass-blue & pea-blue butterflies. It is more brown with 2 distinctive spots on the rear wings. Notice the spots can be different shapes. Possibly camera angle, but will also vary depending on how stretched the wing is. | |||||
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