(Photo: courtesy of Damien Cook, western Victoria)

On top, the adult butterflies are purple with orange veins.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Michael Braby)

Underneath, they are pale grey with an arc of black spots around the margins, and a dark mark near the middle.

egg, magnified
(Photo: courtesy of Ken Walker, Horsham, Victoria)

The eggs are round, flattened, and white, with a complex microscopic surface structure. The eggs are laid singly on the undersides of leaves of a foodplant.

This species is found only in restricted areas in

Further reading :

Michael Braby & Fabian Douglas,
The taxonomy, ecology and conservation status of the Golden-rayed Blue:
A threatened butterfly endemic to western Victoria, Australia,
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society,
Volume 81, Part 2 (2004), pp. 275-299.

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(updated 8 December 2009, 23 December 2023)