Candalides absimilis, the pencilled blue or common pencil-blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

It is found along the east coast of Australia, including Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on buds and young shoots of a wide range of plants, including Flagellaria, Macadamia integrifolia, Castanospermum australe, Erythrina, Callerya megasperma, Wisteria, Cassia fistula, Alectryon coriaceus, Brachychiton acerifolius and Cupaniopsis.

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