Acrodipsas myrmecophila

9 Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Acrodipsas myrmecophila	25 Oct 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	24 Oct 2019	roymcd

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

25 Oct 2019

New probable breeding location of this rare butterfly

User's notes

Approximate location. Please consult Dr. Mulvaney for further details. Some photos (not attached) appear to show it pushing/placing abdomen against the bark.

2 comments

roymcd wrote:

25 Oct 2019

Correct observation time was 11.30am, rather than 10.30am.

SuziBond wrote:

25 Oct 2019

Great record!

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
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Significant Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Acrodipsas myrmecophila Scientific name
Small Ant-blue Butterfly Common name
Highly Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
160 images trained Machine learning
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