Zizina otis

Common Grass-Blue at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

	Zizina otis	21 Aug 2021	SuziBond
	Candalides heathi	10 Apr 2021	SimoneC

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User's notes

Perched with wings open on trees shrubs and grass. Very hard to photograph underside, it seemed plain with no obvious pattern, no spots like my suggested ID should have. Beautiful iridescence on upper side with pink/violet on the hind wings and green tones on the fore wings.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.051286 -34.978203
Altitude 592.7m
Places Murrumbateman, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
7 Apr 2021 05:37 PM Recorded on
SimoneC Recorded by
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SimoneC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

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
901 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Zizina labradus

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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