Wattle Blue - Theclinesthes miskini 

FAMILY LYCAENIDAE

This page contains information and pictures about Wattle Blue Butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
 
Wingspan 25mmm, female laying eggs on Wattle flower buds.
 
The butterfly has two eye-spots and a tail on each hind wing.  
 
 
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Above photos were taken on White Hill during later winter. We only saw this butterfly once there.
 
 
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In later summer March 2008, we found females laying eggs on Wattle Acacia in Mt Coot-tha. There were quite a number of them there.
 
Reference and Link:
1. Theclinesthes miskini - Australian Caterpillars, Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2005.

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Last updated: March 23, 2008.