SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Theclinesthes albocincta (Waterhouse)   (Bitter-bush Blue)

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Prepupa just before pupation showing the turquoise colour due to green
haemolymph blood showing through the transparent outer cuticle

Closeup of a pupa of T. albocincta inland form

Photography by R. Fisher

Pupae of T. albocincta coastal form attached to the debris found around the base of the foodplant

A small parasitoid Ichneumonid wasp that has developed inside a pupa of T. albocincta

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Pupal shelter constructed from two leaves of hostplant A. urticoides var hookeri
in the Gawler Ranges

Photography by R. Grund