Two-spotted Line-blue: S2, Underside

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:

S2, Underside

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.

This species is classed as

C (Common)

on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website

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