Species profile—Ogyris zosine (northern purple azure)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Ogyris zosine (northern purple azure)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
- Scientific name
- Ogyris zosine Hewitson, 1853
- Common name
- northern purple azure
- Type reference
- Hewitson, W.C. (1853). Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. John van Voorst, London Vol. 1 (5-7).
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19953
- Alternate name(s)
- purple azure
- 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=19953.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
