The Butterfly is a Pencilled Blue Candalides asimilis (female) and the species range from far north Queensland down the east coast to Victoria. I was fortunate to have it remain in place for some time and also open and close its wings to enable shots of the contrasting upper and lower wing surfaces.
A beautiful butterfly. Great to get photos of upper and lower wings. I often struggle on the former!
ReplyDeleteNot one of the butterflies we commonly see so I was pleased to get the photos of such a co-operative subject.
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