Species profile—Hypochrysops ignitus chrysonotus (fiery jewel (Wet Tropics subspecies))
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Hypochrysops ignitus chrysonotus (fiery jewel (Wet Tropics subspecies))
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
- Scientific name
- Hypochrysops ignitus chrysonotus Grose-Smith, 1899
- Common name
- fiery jewel (Wet Tropics subspecies)
- Type reference
- Grose-Smith, H. (1899). Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare and unfigured species of butterflies. Vol. 3. Gurney & Jackson, London 215 pp. [Pt 48, p. 27].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19207
- Synonym(s)
- Hypochrysops ignita chrysonotus
- Alternate name(s)
- dingy jewel
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19207.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
