Acrodipsas myrmecophila

Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Acrodipsas myrmecophila	12 Nov 2020	SuziBond
	Acrodipsas myrmecophila	10 Nov 2020	Mike

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One or two butterflies. The first batch of eggs has not hatched after 18 days so might have died in cold weather at the end of October. Some more eggs have been laid in November but I don't know how old they are.

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SuziBond wrote:

12 Nov 2020

Thanks Mike

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
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Insects Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Eucalyptus Associated plant
Papyrius nitidus Associated animal
12mm to 25mm Animal size
Eggs Breeding behaviour

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Acrodipsas myrmecophila Scientific name
Small Ant-blue Butterfly Common name
Highly Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
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