1 Yellow-spotted Blue at Pambula Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Candalides xanthospilos | 19 Jan 2022 | SuziBond | ||
| Candalides xanthospilos | 8 Jan 2022 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Philiris innotatus | 7 Jan 2022 | KylieWaldon |
Identify this sighting
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
this butterfly was so blue when it flew but wouldn't open its wings when landed. this is the only thing in my book that looks like it - but moonbeams are more native to QLD.
4 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
8 Jan 2022
My guess would be Yellow-spotted Blue or Candalides xanthospilos: Candalides xanthospilos
SuziBond
wrote:
19 Jan 2022
Hi Kylie, moonbeams don't have the all the black dots on their underwing, and you can see the orange patch in the forewings showing through in your lovely photo, that is also diagnostic for this species. Nice find!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.905997-36.948327
- Places Pambula Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2021 06:37 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
-
Collections
KylieWaldon South Coast NatureMapr Candalides xanthospilos Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Candalides xanthospilos Scientific name
- Yellow-spotted Blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 704m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes