Acrodipsas myrmecophila

5 Small Ant-blue Butterfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Acrodipsas myrmecophila	6 Mar 2023	owenh
	Acrodipsas myrmecophila	6 Mar 2023	DPRees125

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User's notes

new one for me, but probably in a known site, a very fresh female, flew arround small tree for a while then eventually settled somewhere convenient. host ant was found nearby

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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

7 Mar 2023

Thanks David - yes a known site - but good to get any record of this species

DPRees125 wrote:

7 Mar 2023

for me a learning experience both for the ant and the butterfly. there as also a large dark jewel butterfly about, unable to get image of that as it zapped about

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Sighting information

3 Abundance
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DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Female Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health

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

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More than one media file
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania