Species profile—Acrodipsas cuprea variabilis (copper ant-blue)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Acrodipsas cuprea variabilis (copper ant-blue)
Sighting data
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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
