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- The butterflies in this subfamily have the antenna club more or less flattened. They are from small to medium size.
- Candalides erinus, tribe CANDALIDINI, wingspan 25mm
- This butterfly is common in Brisbane Eucalypt forest. It can be recognized by the two dots under each forewings. More pictures and information please click on here.
- Candalides xanthospila, tribe CANDALIDINI, male, wingspan 25mm
- The male butterfly is purple on top, has a large yellow patch in the centre of each forewing. Female is the same except brown instead of purple colour. On the wings bottom, they are white in colour with a row of black dots along the wing edge. They are two dots under the centre of each fore wing, very small and may be absent. There are three dots under each hind wing. More information and pictures please visit this page.
- Nacaduba kurava, tribe POLYOMMATINI, wingspan 25mm
- We took the picture in the small forest in Eight Mile plains along Bulimba Creek in mid-summer. The butterfly slowing 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. Please also check this page for more information.
- Common Grass Blue
- Zizina labradus, tribe POLYOMMATINI, wingspan 25mm
- They are very small butterflies and common in Brisbane. We can easily find them flying close to the ground, on grass and low vegetation. They are purplish blue on the wings top and with black bodies. Their wings bottom are pink to reddish white with many white dots. Their caterpillars feed on Clover. More pictures and information and pictures please click on here.
- Leptotes plinius (was Syntarucus plinius), tribe POLYOMMATINI, wingspan 25mm
- This small butterfly is blue in colour in the top with zebra pattern on the bottom. Zebra Blue Butterflies are also called Plumbago Blue as their caterpillars feed on the buds and flowers of White Leadwort, Plumbago zeylanica. They are common in Brisbane. More information and pictures please visit the Zebra Blue page.
- Catopyrops florinda, tribe POLYOMMATINI, wingspan 25mm
- We saw this butterfly once. The photo was taken in Eight Mile Plains along Bulimba Creek in mid-summer. On the top side the butterfly wings was in 'standard blue' colour with two eye spots on each hide wing. On the bottom side was the white and pale brown patterns and the two eye spots on the same positions. Between the two eye spots there were the shore thin tails. Later we found that they are common in Brisbane Forest near Bellbird Grove during late summer. More pictures and information please found in this page.
- Wattle Blue, Miskin's Blue
- Theclinesthes miskini, subfamily POLYOMMATINAE, wingspan 25mm
- Photos taken on White Hill during later winter. The butterfly has two eye-spots and a tail on each hind wing. We
- Psychonotis caelius, tribe POLYOMMATINI, wingspan 25mmm
- We found quite a number of them near Alexandra Hill along the creek in late summer. The underside of its wings is metallic greenish-blue in colour, shiny bright under the sun light. The Small Green-banded Blue caterpillar is pale white in colour and feed on Pink Ash and Red Ash Alphitonia sp.. More information and pictures please click here.
- Anthene seltuttus, tribe LYCAENESTHINI, wingspan 25mmm
- Picture taken in Botanic Garden, early summer 2002. Please also visit this page.
- Reference and Link:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 899.
