Acrodipsas myrmecophila

3 Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Acrodipsas myrmecophila	15 Dec 2020	SuziBond
	Unverified	13 Dec 2020	AdventureGirl

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Significant sighting

SuziBond noted:

15 Dec 2020

This is a new location record for this species in the ACT.

2 comments

owenh wrote:

16 Dec 2020

Nice one, well done!

AdventureGirl wrote:

16 Dec 2020

Thanks. I almost didn't take the photo, unsure whether it was an ant blue or a more common species, but figured (correctly) that the clever folks here would know!

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Sighting information

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

Additional information

Golden everlasting Associated plant
5mm to 12mm 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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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