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
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
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=6.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
