Cyprotides cyprotus (Copper Pencil-blue)
19/09/2009
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
23/09/2020
Lawson
24/10/2012
Blackheath
24/10/2012
Blackheath
07/10/2019
Bell
07/10/2019
Bell
07/10/2019
Bell
07/10/2019
Bell
07/10/2016
Lawson
02/10/2023
Lawson
02/10/2023
Lawson
02/10/2023
Lawson
02/10/2023
Lawson
02/10/2023
Lawson
02/10/2023
Lawson
07/10/2016
Lawson
21/09/2019
Duffys Forest
21/09/2019
Duffys Forest
21/09/2019
Duffys Forest
05/10/2014
Mt. Alexandra, Mittagong
27/09/2015
Glenbrook
27/09/2015
Glenbrook
17/10/2015
Blackheath
07/09/2013
Lawson
07/09/2013
Lawson
24/10/2012
Blackheath
14/11/2010
Blackheath
14/11/2010
Blackheath
23/09/2012
Lawson
22/10/2011
Blackheath
22/10/2011
Blackheath
22/10/2011
Blackheath
19/09/2009
Lawson
19/09/2009
Lawson
19/09/2009
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
06/10/2008
Lawson
23/09/2007
Lawson
26/09/2010
Glenbrook
05/11/2017
Ngarkat Conservation Park, SA
26/10/2008
Lesmurdie, WA
Synonyms
This species was previously classified as Candalides cyprotus
Other Common Names
Cyprotus Blue
Notes
This was a species I had searched for many times, but never had any luck. Then I was walking along a trail near Lawson when I saw one or two of them flying around. They landed frequently, but not for long, but kept on returning to pretty much the same spot.
The following year I found them again in the same site – more individuals and over a wider area. The ones I saw were all males.
In September 2010 I was surprised to see several specimens around a hilltop at Glenbrook, at a site I’d been to many times before in the spring without ever seeing this species.
Sightings
Lawson – September 2007, October 2008, September 2009, September 2010, September 2012
Lesmurdie, WA – October 2008
Blackheath – November 2009,November 2010, October 2011, September 2012, October 2014
Glenbrook – September 2010
Mount Alexandra, Mittagong – October 2014
Duffys Forest – September 2019
Bell – October 2019