Two-spotted Line-blue
S5, Underside
Ellura
Wattle Blue
 
                      
Two-spotted Line-blue (Nacaduba biocellata)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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This species is classed as C (Common) on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website