Hirtipes Ant Blue
LUCIINI , THECLINAE , LYCAENIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 24 February 2002)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 24 February 2002)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
The adults of this species on top are brown, with darker veins, and a pair of obscure dark spots at the tornus of each hind wing. The undersides are fawn with arcs of brown spots. The butterflies have a wing span of about 2 cms.
They have been found in the Northern Territory and on the Cape York Peninsula.
Further reading :
Michael F. Braby, Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, pp. 638-639.
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