Nacaduba biocellata (Two-spotted Line-blue)
15/11/2020
Bell
16/01/2011
Blackheath
27/02/2010
Mount Ainslie, ACT
05/02/2011
Blackheath
14/01/2020
Canberra, ACT
17/09/2011
Knapsack Park
17/09/2011
Knapsack Park
17/09/2011
Knapsack Park
16/01/2011
Blackheath
16/01/2011
Blackheath
27/02/2010
Mount Ainslie, ACT
27/02/2010
Mount Ainslie, ACT
01/10/2023
Bowral
01/10/2023
Bowral
17/01/2010
Lawson
17/01/2010
Lawson
18/01/2009
Glenbrook
30/10/2008
Koondoola, WA
28/08/2004
Simmo’s Beach, Macquarie Field
28/08/2004
Simmo’s Beach, Macquarie Field
23/10/2004
Ingleburn
28/08/2004
Simmo’s Beach, Macquarie Field
28/08/2004
Simmo’s Beach, Macquarie Field
28/08/2004
Simmo’s Beach, Macquarie Field
11/03/2006
Glenbrook
Other Common Names
Double-spotted Line-blue, Double-spot Blue
Notes
According to the books this is one of the commonest species in the country, being found everywhere and on the wing just about the whole year. Yet for some reason I couldn’t find it for months. I went looking for it several times, and I looked at hundreds of flowering wattle trees, finding millions of bees but none of these butterflies.
I finally found them at the end of August 2004, when I went to the Simmo’s Beach Reserve at Macquarie Fields. I wouldn’t have said they were abundant, but I did see quite a number of them. One the way back, I stopped in at the Ingleburn Reserve, and I saw a few of them there too. If I recall correctly it was the 50th species I photographed, which is odd for a species that has been described as “extremely abundant”.
Sightings
Simmo’s Beach, Macquarie Fields – August 2004
Ingleburn Reserve – August, October 2004
Mount Ainslie, ACT – February 2010