Rayed Blue: Profile, Outside

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Gossamer-winged Butterfly (Papilionoidea:Lycaenidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Rayed Blue (Candalides heathi)

This Photo:

Profile, Outside

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
The visibility of the veins on the inside colouring is very dependant on light angles.

This species is classed as

R (Rare)

on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website

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