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Species profile—Acrodipsas cuprea variabilis (copper ant-blue)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Acrodipsas cuprea variabilis (copper ant-blue)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
Scientific name
Acrodipsas cuprea variabilis Sands & Sands, 2015
Common name
copper ant-blue
Type reference
Sands, D.P.A. & Sands, M.C. (2015). Review of variation in Acrodipsas cuprea (Sands, 1965) and A. aurata Sands, 1997 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with descriptions of a new subspecies of A. cuprea and a new species of Acrodipsas Sands from inland southern Queensland. Australian Entomologist 42(4), 197-218.
WildNet taxon ID
19193
Alternate name(s)
cuprea ant-blue
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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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=19193.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024