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The Pencilled Blue or Common Pencil-blue (''Candalides absimilis'') is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found along the east coast of Australia, including Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.〔(lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com )〕 The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are grey-blue, while females are brown on top with a large white patch on each wing, and a purple sheen near the hinges. The underside of both sexes is white with rows of fawn carets. The larvae have been recorded feeding on buds and young shoots of a wide range of plants, including ''Flagellaria'', ''Macadamia integrifolia'', ''Castanospermum australe'', ''Erythrina'', ''Callerya megasperma'', ''Wisteria'', ''Cassia fistula'', ''Alectryon coriaceus'', ''Brachychiton acerifolius'' and ''Cupaniopsis''. They are green with a dark dorsal line and diagonal white marks along the sides and a brown head. Pupation takes place in a brown pupa with a length of about 15 mm. Image:Candalides_absimilis_egg_dorsal.jpg|Egg Image:Candalides_absimilis_edwardsi_caterpillar.jpg|Larva Image:Candalides absimilis edwardsi pupa.jpg|Pupa Image:Candalides_absimilis_edwardsi_female2.jpg|Female resting Image:Candalides_absimilis_(ento-csiro-au).jpg|Illustration of a mounted specimen ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Candalides absimilis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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