Erina hyacinthina

Varied Dusky-blue at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

	Erina hyacinthina	4 Jan 2022	SuziBond
	Unidentified	28 Dec 2021	Tammy

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3 comments

Tammy wrote:

4 Jan 2022

Thank you Suzi. Is there an easy way to distinguish this from a common grass-blue?

SuziBond wrote:

4 Jan 2022

Hi Tammy. Sure is! In your first photo, see the two large black dots on the forewing? That is distinctive for Varied Dusky-blue, and Common Grass-blues don't have them. Varied Dusky-blues are also much darker on their upperwings than CGBs, which you can see nicely in your second image here. Hope that helps, let me know if it doesn't make sense.

Tammy wrote:

4 Jan 2022

Thank you that's great advice.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
26 Dec 2021 08:51 AM Recorded on
Tammy Recorded by
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Insects Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Tammy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Erina hyacinthina Scientific name
Varied Dusky-blue Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1435.8m Recorded at altitude
230 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Candalides hyacinthina

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