Male upperside is purplish-bronze, with extremities of the wings brownish-black. Females upperside is dark-brown, with purple central areas. Underside not strongly patterned, grey with a diffuse greyish-brown band near the extremities and rows of small, obscure, blackish-brown markings

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Habitat Heathland, shrubland and eucalypt woodland, where foodplant Cassytha occurs
Size Wingspan of up to 2.6 cm
Origin Native
Distribution Southern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia, including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia
Habitat
Heathland, shrubland and eucalypt woodland, where foodplant Cassytha occurs
Size
Wingspan of up to 2.6 cm
Common Name Blotched Blue
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderLepidoptera
SuborderDitrysia
SuperfamilyPapilionoidea
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusCandalides
SpeciesCandalides acasta
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