Bronze Line-blue
Ionolyce helicon
Also called Helicon Line-blue
The Bronze Line-blue (Ionolyce helicon) is a butterfly found in Australia, in the family Lycaenidae, the blues, coppers and hairstreaks. This site lists one subspecies: Ionolyce helicon hyllus. Its caterpillars are known to feed on 1 plant: Allophylus cobbe. This page has 6 photos of its life cycle (eggs, final instar caterpillars and pupae) by Bob Miller. Bob Miller wrote about it in his book, Bob's Butterflies.
Subspecies
- Ionolyce helicon hyllus 6 photos
Life cycle of the Bronze Line-blue
Bronze Line-blue eggs
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Bronze Line-blue caterpillars (final instar)
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Bronze Line-blue pupae
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Photos by Bob Miller. Free to use for any purpose (CC0). Select a photo to enlarge it or download the original. Using these photos. Add your own photo of this butterfly.
In Bob's book
Bob wrote about this butterfly in his book:
Caterpillar food plants
1 known food plant.