SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Theclinesthes serpentata serpentata (Herrich-Schaffer)   (Salt-bush Blue)


Photography by R. Fisher

Photography by R. Grund

Female at top, male at bottom

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Male melanic form from Port Pirie that has no blue scaling similar to Theclinesthes sulpitius