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
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=19207
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
