Saltbush Blue
Rear
Ellura
Grass-blue
Partial Profile
 
                      
Grass-blue (Zizina otis ssp labradus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Gossamer-winged Butterfly (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Grass-blue (Zizina otis ssp labradus)
This Photo:     🔍Topside wings🔎
Synonyms: Zizina labradus or Zizina otis
Other name: Common Grass-blue

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
There seems to be some disagreement over the binomial name with these. Our naming comes from Atlas of Living Australia, a federal government web site that publishes the names of all Australian creatures, along with sightings, etc.

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 01-Jul-2014
This species is classed as C (Common) on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website