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Species profile—Candalides margarita margarita (trident pencilled-blue)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Candalides margarita margarita (trident pencilled-blue)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
Scientific name
Candalides margarita margarita (Semper, 1879)
Common name
trident pencilled-blue
Type reference
Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg V(14): 138-194.
WildNet taxon ID
19262
Alternate name(s)
Margarita blue
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19262

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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