Candalides margarita

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Candalides margarita
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C. margarita
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Candalides margarita
(Semper, [1879]) [1]
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Candalides margarita, or Margarita's blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1879. [2] It is found in Australia (along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales) and New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult females are black with a large white patch on each wing, and a faint metallic blue suffusion toward the base. Adult males are plain dull blue.

The larvae feed on young shoots and flowers of Amylotheca dictyophleba , Dendrophthoe curvata , Dendrophthoe vitellina , Muellerina celastroides , Amyema congener , Amyema miquelii , Amyema conspicua and Benthamina alyxifolia . They are attended by the ant Technomyrmex sophiae . The larvae are green, pink or brown. The pupa is attached to a leaf of the host plant by anal hooks and a girdle. [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (20 November 2018). "Candalides margarita (Semper, [1879])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 Semper, Georg (1879). "Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien". Journal des Museum Godeffroy. 5 (14): 161–162.
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (1 November 2013). "Candalides margarita (Semper, [1879]) Margarita's Blue". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 15 November 2019.