Candalides acasta (Blotched Dusky-blue) at Black Mountain

Blotched Dusky-blue at Black Mountain

Candalides acasta at Black Mountain - 28 Feb 2018

Identification history

Candalides acasta	6 Mar 2018	SuziBond
Candalides acasta	2 Mar 2018	SuziBond
Unidentified	27 Feb 2018	roymcd

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2 comments

SuziBond

wrote:

2 Mar 2018

Hi Roy, did you manage to get any other images of this butterfly? I'm fairly sure it's Blotched Dusky-blue but would be great to see another image or two of it to be sure.

roymcd

wrote:

3 Mar 2018

Sorry this was the only decent image.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.097644-35.273620
Maps Black Mountain
Points of interest Point 4999
Places Canberra Central, ACT

Species information

Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

2 Abundance
27 Feb 2018 Recorded on
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