Candalides absimilis

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Candalides absimilis
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Male
Candalides absimilis edwardsi female.jpg
Female
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C. absimilis
Binomial name
Candalides absimilis
(C. Felder, 1862) [1]
Synonyms
  • Holochila absimilisC. Felder, 1862
  • Candalides persimilisWaterhouse, 1942
  • Holochila persimilis
  • Erina persimilis

Candalides absimilis, the pencilled blue or common pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria. [2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are grey blue, while females are brown on top with a large white patch on each wing and a purple sheen near the hinges. The underside of both sexes is white with rows of fawn carets.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on buds and young shoots of a wide range of plants, including Flagellaria , Macadamia integrifolia , Castanospermum australe , Erythrina , Callerya megasperma , Wisteria , Cassia fistula , Alectryon coriaceus , Brachychiton acerifolius and Cupaniopsis . They are green with a dark dorsal line and diagonal white marks along the sides and a brown head. Pupation takes place in a brown pupa with a length of about 15 mm.

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References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. "lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com". Archived from the original on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2011-05-16.