Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae

Lampides boeticus  

Long-tailed Pea-blue (Lampides boeticus)
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© Vik Dunis 2015
Mereenie, NT (Aug, 2015)
Common Names
  • Long-tailed Pea-blue
Wallpaper image
Wallpaper thumb: Long-tailed Pea-blue

This Long-tailed Pea-blue appears attracted to a plastic camp chair.

It was a warm day and we were in the desert so perhaps the attraction was my sweat amongst the fibres of the arm-rest.

Long-tailed Pea-blue (Lampides boeticus)

Long-tailed Pea-blue

Long-tailed Pea-blue (Lampides boeticus)

Long-tailed Pea-blue

Long-tailed Pea-blue (Lampides boeticus)

Long-tailed Pea-blue

Long-tailed Pea-blue (Lampides boeticus)

Long-tailed Pea-blue