Lampides boeticus

2 Long-tailed Pea-blue at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

Lampides boeticus	9 Oct 2023	owenh
Lampides boeticus	9 Oct 2023	CarbonAI
Unidentified	9 Oct 2023	Untidy

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5 comments

Untidy wrote:

9 Oct 2023

Don't think this little one had any tail bits hanging off its wings.

owenh wrote:

9 Oct 2023

Tails have just worn away. This is a female.

Untidy wrote:

9 Oct 2023

Thank you for the confirmation and comment, Owen. I was wondering if you can help with another question? What distinguishes a Long-Tailed Pea Blue with its tail worn off from the Two-spotted Line Blue butterfly?

owenh wrote:

9 Oct 2023

You're welcome Untidy and a great question. In the field it's quite easy as the TSLB is a much smaller butterfly than the LTPB. In photos you are looking at differences in the shape of the butterfly, the colouration, the markings on the under and upper sides of the wings and, in this case, even the form of the spots on the hindwing. Rather than just making a list of all I think it would be much easier to understand if you are able to compare images of the species side by side.
Are you aware of the C&STNM species pages?
LTPB: Lampides boeticus
TSLB: Nacaduba biocellata
Hope this helps..

Untidy wrote:

10 Oct 2023

Hi Owen, Yes I did check the species pages when I put up my photos and I was still confused. Thanks for your additional comments which are very helpful. She was quite a big girl so that would definitely fit with Lampides boeticus.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
8 Oct 2023 12:35 PM Recorded on
Untidy Recorded by
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Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Untidy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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A tussock grass Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size
Female Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Lampides boeticus Scientific name
Long-tailed Pea-blue Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1075.41m Recorded at altitude
158 images trained Machine learning
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