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Candalides gilberti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Candalides
Species:	C. gilberti
Binomial name
Candalides gilberti Waterhouse, 1903
Synonyms
Holochila gilberti

Candalides gilberti, the northern pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia in the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are blue.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Decaisnina signata and Alstonia actinophylla. Pupation takes place in a mottled brown pupa with a length of about 14 mm.

References

1. Australian Faunal Directory
2. "lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com". Archived from the original on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2011-05-16.

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