Two-spotted Line Blue (Nacaduba biocellata), also spelt as the Two-spotted Line-blue Butterfly) and known as the Double-spotted Line Blue, is found across mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Both the male and female wingspan is about 20 mm. The adult females have a brown upperside, whilst the males are blue with narrow black margins. The underside of the wings for both sexes is pale brown with light and dark wavy lines. At the base of the hind wing, there are two small black dots.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Unranked: Ditrysia
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Subfamily: Polyommatinae
- Tribe: Polyommatini
- Genus: Nacaduba
- Species: Nacaduba biocellata
Footnote & References
- Nacaduba biocellata (C. & R. Felder, 1865), Two-Spotted Line-Blue, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9ac99027-d2f3-4d56-90c6-8c7bc47405f2#overview
- Two-spotted Line-Blue (Nacaduba biocellata), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/353667-Nacaduba-biocellata
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