SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES

Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper)   (Eastern Large Bronze Azure)

Open sandy mallee habitat of the Eastern Large Bronze Azure on Eyre Peninsula

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Open Allocasuarina-Banksia-Leptospermum heath and Eucalyptus incrassata mallee
habitat of the Eastern Large Bronze Azure in the Upper Southeast Region

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Pimelea octophylla a favourite nectar plant for Ogyris halmaturia

Photography by R. Grund