SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Theclinesthes albocincta (Waterhouse)   (Bitter-bush Blue)

Male butterfly on the left is the winter flying form,
the female butterfly on the right is the summer flying form

Coastal blue form of the butterfly, female on left, male on right

Male, blue form with full blue colour

Male, brown form of the butterfly from the Gawler Ranges

Female, brown form of the butterfly from Ooldea

Photography by R. Grund