Hypochrysops piceatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Hypochrysops
- Species
- Hypochrysops piceatus
- Scientific Name
- Hypochrysops piceatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hypochrysops piceatus
Hypochrysops piceatus, commonly referred to as the bulloak jewel, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1969 by John Kerr, Jack Macqueen, and Don Sands. It is restricted to two present localities under 10 km2 in area in Southeastern Queensland, with another locality's population extirpated due to land clearing. As a result, it has been described as "Australia's rarest butterfly", with an estimated 37% chance of extinction by 2040.
...Hypochrysops piceatus in languages:
- English
- Bulloak Jewel
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hypochrysops apelles
- Hypochrysops apollo
- Hypochrysops architas
- Hypochrysops arronica
- Hypochrysops byzos
- Hypochrysops chrysargyrus
- Hypochrysops cleon
- Hypochrysops coelisparsus
- Hypochrysops cyane
- Hypochrysops delicia
- Hypochrysops digglesii
- Hypochrysops elgneri
- Hypochrysops epicurus
- Hypochrysops halyaetus
- Hypochrysops hippuris
- Hypochrysops hypocletus
- Hypochrysops ignitus
- Hypochrysops makrikii
- Hypochrysops miskini
- Hypochrysops narcissus
- Hypochrysops pagenstecheri
- Hypochrysops piceatus
- Hypochrysops plotinus
- Hypochrysops polycletus
- Hypochrysops pythias
- Hypochrysops seuthes
- Hypochrysops squalliensis
- Hypochrysops theon
- Hypochrysops thesaurus
- Hypochrysops vulcanicus