Kingdom Animalia Family Lycaenidae Genus Theclinesthes Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
Similar Theclinesthes miskini, Jalmenus icilius, Adriana quadripartita, Ogyris idmo, Nacaduba biocellata | ||
Theclinesthes albocincta, the bitterbush blue or bitter-bush blue, is a species of butterfly native to most of Australia.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are bluish grey with chequered margins. The hindwings have a small tail. Males have a black spot on the upperside of the hindwings, next to the tail.
The larvae feed on Adriana hookeri and Adriana klotzschii.
References
Theclinesthes albocincta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA