Zizina otis
Common Grass-Blue at Red Hill, ACT
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| Zizina otis | SuziBond | 17 Dec 2016 | |
| Zizina otis | Ratcliffe | 17 Dec 2016 |
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1 comment
18 Dec 2016
Hi Paul. This looks like mud-puddling, where butterflies aggregate to access minerals dissolved in the damp soil.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.120789-35.335281
- Altitude 646.5m
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Red Hill, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2016 12:30 PM Recorded on
- Ratcliffe Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Ratcliffe Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Zizina otis Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Zizina otis Scientific name
- Common Grass-Blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1694.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Zizina labradus
Record quality
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