Nacaduba biocellata

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Nacaduba biocellata
Nacaduba biocellata dorsal.jpg
Female, dorsal view
Nacaduba biocellata ventral.jpg
Female, ventral view
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Nacaduba
Species:
N. biocellata
Binomial name
Nacaduba biocellata
(C. & R. Felder, [1865]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena biocellataC. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Cupido adamapunctaTepper, 1882

Nacaduba biocellata, the double-spotted line blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia (including New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia), Singapore, [2] the New Hebrides, Sumba and Bali.

Male Nacaduba biocellata biocellata.jpg
Male

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adult females have a brown upperside, while the males are blue with narrow black margins. The underside of both sexes is pale brown with light and dark wavy lines.

The larvae feed on the shoots, flowers and buds of various Acacia species, including A. aneura , A. betchei , A. brachybotrya , A. deanei , A. erinaceae , A. irrorata , A. karroo , A. ligulata , A. osswaldii , A. penninervis , A. rigens , A. salicina , A. sclerophylla , A. sowdenii and A. victoriae . They can have a wide range of colours depending on their host plant, including pink, orange, yellow or green. They are attended by ants, mostly Iridomyrmex species, including I. purpureus and I. viridiaeneus .

Pupation takes place in a pale brown pupa.

Subspecies

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References

  1. Nacaduba at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. "Australian Insects". Archived from the original on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2011-07-11.