Ogyris oroetes, the silky azure, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of mainland Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Ogyris |
| Species: | O. oroetes
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The wingspan is 30–40 mm.
The larvae feed on Loranthaceae species, including Amyena miquelii, Amyema bifurcatum and Amyema pendulum.[3]
Subspecies edit
- Ogyris oroetes oroetes (Queensland to New South Wales and Western Australia)
- Ogyris oroetes apiculata Quick, 1972 (Western Australia)
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ogyris oroetes.
Wikispecies has information related to Ogyris oroetes.
- ^ "Ogyris Angas, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Ogryis oroetes Hewitson 1862 - EOL". Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ "Ogyris oroetes (Silky azure) - JCU". Retrieved 2009-09-01.
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