Samphire Blue at Bermagui, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 17 Mar 2020 | JackieLambert |
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1 comment
JackieMiles
wrote:
20 Mar 2020
Hi Jackie, Max and I have also photographed this species at Bermi, but in saltmarsh along the river, where they were mostly associated with glasswort (https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/18067). There's a very similar Saltbush Blue that could also be around and its larvae feed on Rhagodia, which is the very succulent bright green plant that grows on dunes and headlands (https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/19218). From your map it looks like your critter may have been more in that sort of habitat. We agonised over our photos for ages as the two are barely distinguishable, and eventually went for samphire blue mostly because the habitat was better. If you manage to see it again, photos of the upper wings might help.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.063577-36.415590
- Places Bermagui, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Mar 2020 09:30 AM Recorded on
- JackieLambert Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) JackieLambert South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Theclinesthes sulpitius Scientific name
- Samphire Blue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
