Eirmocides consimilis (Dark Pencil-blue)

Synonyms

This species was previously classified as Candalides consimilis

Other Common Names

Consimilis Blue

Notes

I first saw a female feeding from a flowering shrub in October 2004 in the Ingleburn Reserve.  Obviously this butterfly looks very similar to E. absimilis, a species which I have seen several times around Sydney. At one point this butterfly opened its wings, so I could definitely see it was a female. 

Sightings

Ingleburn Reserve – October 2004
Kurnell – September 2008
Knapsack Park – September 2009, August 2012
Mount Sugarloaf, NSW – February 2011
Blackheath – October 2012, January 2013, January 2019
Bell – January 2019, November 2020
Shoal Bay – October 2023

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