Small Dusky Blue - Candalides erinus
FAMILY LYCAENIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Small Dusky Blue Butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Wingspan 25mm
- We found this Small Dusky Blue in Karawatha Forest during late-summer. The butterfly looks like the Common Dusky Blue, with very similar wing patterns but in paler colour. The Common Dusky Blue seems more common in Brisbane.
- Both male and female butterflies are look the same. They are bluish-brown on top with purple sheen. On the bottom side are the pale brown markings, with two large spots on front wings.
- Their food plants include the parasitic-vine Dodder Laurel Cassytha pubescens.
- Reference and Link:
- 1. Candalides erinus
- Australian Caterpillars, Don Herbison-Evans & Stella
Crossley, 2005.
- 2. Australian Butterflies - McCubbin, Charles, Nelson, Sydney, 1971. p67.
- 3. Wild
Plants of Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, 2003, p68,
Dodder Laurel Cassytha pubescens.
