Saltbush Blue
Dorsal
Saltbush Blue
Profile, Brown
Animals
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| Saltbush Blue Dorsal | | Saltbush Blue Profile, Brown | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||||
| Family: | Gossamer-winged Butterfly (Papilionoidea:Lycaenidae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||||
| Species: | Saltbush Blue (Theclinesthes serpentatus)| This Photo: | Profile, Grey | Synonym: | Theclinesthes serpentata | Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III†, Matt Endacott & Terra Occ for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges, the Riverland and elsewhere These small blue (Gossamer-winged) butterflies can be hard to separate out. These are probably one of the few that can be by just seeing the upper surface of their wings, in South Australia. The white chequered edges being characteristic of these. The under surface of their wings can be grey to brown as shown here.
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