Candalides hyacinthina
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Candalides |
Species: | C. hyacinthina
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Binomial name | |
Candalides hyacinthina | |
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Candalides hyacinthina, the varied dusky-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria.[2]
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Subspecies
[edit]- C. h. hyacinthina - common dusky blue (southern Queensland to central Victoria, Grampians)
- C. h. simplexa (Tepper, 1882) - western dusky blue (north-western Victoria, Southern Australia, Western Australia)
- C. h. eugenia Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Queensland (Port Stewart to Yeppoon))
- C. h. josephina Harris, 1952 (Stawell)
References
[edit]- ^ Candalides hyacinthina at the Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ Candalides hyacinthina Archived 2011-04-09 at the Wayback Machine at Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths