Candalides xanthospilos
1 Yellow-spotted Blue at Pambula Beach, NSW
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| Candalides xanthospilos | SuziBond | 19 Jan 2022 | |
| Candalides xanthospilos | MatthewFrawley | 8 Jan 2022 | |
| Philiris innotatus | KylieWaldon | 7 Jan 2022 |
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User's notes
this butterfly was so blue when it flew but wouldn't open its wings when landed. this is the only thing in my book that looks like it - but moonbeams are more native to QLD.
4 comments
8 Jan 2022
My guess would be Yellow-spotted Blue or Candalides xanthospilos: Candalides xanthospilos
19 Jan 2022
Hi Kylie, moonbeams don't have the all the black dots on their underwing, and you can see the orange patch in the forewings showing through in your lovely photo, that is also diagnostic for this species. Nice find!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.905997-36.948327
- Places Pambula Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2021 06:37 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr Candalides xanthospilos Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Candalides xanthospilos Scientific name
- Yellow-spotted Blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 704m Recorded at altitude
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