| Northern pencil-blue | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Candalides |
| Species: | C. gilberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Candalides gilberti Waterhouse, 1903 [1] | |
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Candalides gilberti, the northern pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia. [2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are blue.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Decaisnina signata and Alstonia actinophylla . Pupation takes place in a mottled brown pupa with a length of about 14 mm.
