Candalides gilberti

Waterhouse, 1903 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lycaenidae/Candalides

At a glance

Occurrence records3

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections4

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Candalides gilberti's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF3 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries4 detections

01Narrative

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 underside of both sexes is white with rows of dark dots and dashes. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Decaisnina signata and Alstonia actinophylla. They are narrow, green or red with various markings and have a length of about 15 mm. The colour depends on the part of the host plant it is feeding on (it is green when feeding on the leaves and red when feeding on the flowers). Pupation takes place in a mottled brown pupa with a length of about 14 mm.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding4 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Candalides gilberti has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections4

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type3 records

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO12 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Candalides gilberti was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found4

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median23.8 °C 22.7–24.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.10 °C

Max temp (day)29.8 °C 29.4–29.9

Min temp (night)18.2 °C 16.2–20.6

Precipitation7.80 mm/mo 4.00–9.10

Air humidity45.6 % 45.2–50.1

Moisture balance-125 mm/mo -141–-110

Vapour deficit1,545 Pa 1,490–1,598

Wind speed2.40 m/s 2.40–4.10

Cloud cover24.9 % 24.5–32.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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