Whitebanded Line-blue - Nacaduba kurava
FAMILY LYCAENIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Whitebanded Line-blue Butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They are also known as White Line-blues.
- Wingspan 25mm, male
- We took the picture in the small forest in Eight Mile plains along Bulimba Creek in mid-summer. The butterfly slowly flied away after we took the picture. The bottom sides of its wings are mostly pale grey in colour with extensive white patch. There are the eye-spots and small thin tails on edges of its hind wings.
- River Mangrove - Host Plants
- Aegiceras corniculatum
- Caterpillars feed on River Mangrove Aegiceras corniculatum.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 899.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p466.
- 3. Create More Butterflies - by Frank Jordan and Helen Schwencke, Earthling Enterprises, 2005, p59.
- 4. Nacaduba kurava - Australian Caterpillars, Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2005.
- 5. Wild Plants of Greater Brisbane - Queensland Museum, 2003, p42, River Mangrove Aegiceras corniculatum.
- 6. Butterflies of the Townsville Area - Web Site text and photographs by Peter Valentine,
- 7. The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby, Australian National University, CSIRO 2004, p274.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p466.
