Candalides hyacinthina
Species of butterfly
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Candalides hyacinthina, the varied dusky-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and Victoria.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Candalides |
| Species: | C. hyacinthina |
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| Candalides hyacinthina | |
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The wingspan is about 40 mm.
Subspecies
- C. h. hyacinthina - common dusky blue (southern Queensland to central Victoria, Grampians)
- C. h. simplexa (Tepper, 1882) - western dusky blue (north-western Victoria, Southern Australia, Western Australia)
- C. h. eugenia Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Queensland (Port Stewart to Yeppoon))
- C. h. josephina Harris, 1952 (Stawell)
