Zizeeria karsandra (Spotted Grass-blue)

Other Common Names

Dark Grass-blue

Notes

I’d been expecting to find this species about 10 years before I finally did. After many fruitless searches, I finally saw one specimen at the side of the carpark at James Earl Lookout, on the way from Cairns to Cooktown. Fortunately the butterfly was quite well-behaved, and was happy to pose for photos.

I later saw a few of them along the edge of Lake Tinaroo, inland from Cairns, and found them again in December 2017 at Rowes Bay, Townsville. 

Sightings

James Earl Lookout, QLD – March 2016
Yungaburra, QLD – March 2017
Townsville – December 2017

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