Bitter-bush blue
| Theclinesthes albocincta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Theclinesthes |
| Species: | T. albocincta |
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Theclinesthes albocincta (Waterhouse, 1903) |
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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.
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