Species profile—Hypochrysops piceatus (bulloak jewel)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Hypochrysops piceatus (bulloak jewel)
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
- Scientific name
- Hypochrysops piceatus (Kerr, Macqueen & Sands, 1969)
- Common name
- bulloak jewel
- Type reference
- Kerr, J.F.R., Macqueen, J. and Sands, D.P., 1969. A new species of Hypochrysops (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from south Queensland. J. Aust. ent. Soc. 6: 117-120.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 6
- Alternate name(s)
- Darling Downs jewel
bulloak jewel butterfly
bull-oak jewel
piceatus jewel butterfly - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- CR
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- High
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
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=6
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
