[4] The larvae grow to 9mm in length, with a textured skin surface and colouration ranging from pale green to grey-green.

The caterpillars blend in with their host plant, the saltbush, but have black and yellow stripes lining their back that can distinguish them.

[4] The saltbush blue has a wide distribution, due to their preferential food plant being dispersed across biomes and states.

Thus, the butterfly occupies a diverse range of habitats and tolerates arid, temperate, and urban environments.

[1] Because of this, the butterfly spends most of its life around the saltbush and can be found flying close to the plant in seasonal flowering months.

The small size of the saltbush blue is in response it spending the majority of its life, from egg to adult, around one preferred food plant.