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
- 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=19193.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
