Erina hyacinthina
Varied Dusky-blue at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Erina hyacinthina | SuziBond | 10 Oct 2021 | |
| Unverified | SteveBorkowskis | 10 Oct 2021 |
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Small butterfly maybe 20-25mm across, blue hue on upper wings. Sorry for having only one photo but that is all I could get before it flew off high into a eucalypt. Normally wouldn’t submit one poor quality photo like this but I thought it could possibly be a small ant-blue butterfly. Hopefully it is good enough to get a positive ID on whatever it is.
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10 Oct 2021
Thanks Steve. It's a little early for Small Ant-blues to be flying but do keep an eye out in warmer weather towards the end of October, it would be fantastic to get a new location record for Small Ant-blues!
Location information
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Erina hyacinthina Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Erina hyacinthina Scientific name
- Varied Dusky-blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1435.8m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Candalides hyacinthina
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