A Pencil-blue butterfly at suppressed
Identification history
| Eirmocides (genus) | 15 Feb 2024 | owenh | ||
| Eirmocides (genus) | 14 Feb 2024 | owenh | ||
| Unidentified | 13 Feb 2024 | LisaH |
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User's notes
I'm so annoyed - relied on automatic focus, and I think the camera didn't know what to focus on!
3 comments
owenh
wrote:
14 Feb 2024
There are a couple of species in the Eirmocides genus that are very similar to your sighting when viewed from the underside. Given the location of sighting, the patch visible through the front wing and the dark spot on tornus of the hind wing I believe this is most likely a female E. absimilis (easily confirmed with an image of the upperside). Will leave this one as Eirmocides (genus) till hear Suzi's thoughts re same.
SuziBond
wrote:
15 Feb 2024
I agree with Owen on this one, most likely to be a female absimilis but we need an upperside image to confirm to species.
LisaH
wrote:
15 Feb 2024
Thank you both! A once-off photo opportunity lost, sadly. However, exciting to know the possibilities.
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
Insects & spiders on Bursaria spinosa - a research project. Insects Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Eirmocides (genus) Scientific name
- A Pencil-blue butterfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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