Lampides boeticus

Long-tailed Pea-blue at Aranda, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

	Lampides boeticus	17 Jan 2018	SuziBond
	Candalides heathi	16 Jan 2018	KMcCue

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

2 comments

SuziBond wrote:

17 Jan 2018

Yes, she is laying an egg in the main image. Rayed Blues are more of a high-country species in the ACT, and their preferred larval food plants are different to what the Long-tailed Pea-blue uses.

KMcCue wrote:

18 Jan 2018

Thanks Suzi
Could only see one tail so thought it wasn't one - she must have lost the other one

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.081349 -35.258185
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
24 Oct 2016 04:51 AM Recorded on
KMcCue Recorded by
Collections
KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

Hardenbergia Associated plant

Species information

Lampides boeticus Scientific name
Long-tailed Pea-blue Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1075.41m Recorded at altitude
166 images trained Machine learning
External link More information

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania