Other Common Name

Diggles’ Blue

Notes

I have not yet seen this butterfly in the wild. Al and Mark kindly provided a pupa, reared from a larva found in the Cairns area, which hatched successfully a couple of days after a received it. Unfortunately the butterfly would not op[en its wings, which is a shame as the upperside was very colourful.

I have see a couple of larvae in the wild, with Bob Miller at the side of the road at Mareeba. They were feeding on a mistletoe growing in a small Callistemon tree.

Links

• The Complete Field Guide to Australian Butterflies (2nd edition) by Michael F. Braby
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Bob’s Butterflies
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• Butterflies and Other Invertebrates
• iNaturalist