Acrodipsas mortoni Sands, Miller, & Kerr, 1997 Brown Ant-blue LUCIINI,   THECLINAE,   LYCAENIDAE,   PAPILIONOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The male adults of this species are brown, with two black spots at the tornus of each hindwing. The female adults of are similar, with margins that are more curvy than the males, and with three black spots at the tornus of each hindwing.

female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Donald Peter Andrew Sands, C.G. Miller, & J.F.R. Kerr,
A New Species of Acrodipsas Sands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from inland New South Wales and southern Queensland,
Australian Journal of Entomology,
Volume 36 (1997), p. 19.

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(written 2 November 2018, updated 17 March 2025)