Hypochrysops byzos
5 Yellow Jewel at suppressed
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| Hypochrysops byzos | MatthewFrawley | 6 Feb 2023 | |
| Hypochrysops byzos | DPRees125 | 6 Feb 2023 |
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User's notes
Both males and females, both sexes displaying, female seen what looks like egg-laying, too far away to confirm placement of eggs
3 comments
6 Feb 2023
Great sighting, especially the egg laying, and only the fourth ever sighting of the Yellow Jewel on Canberra Nature Map.
6 Feb 2023
had my eye on this location a few months ago when I thought it might be good for this critter, it turned out to be correct..
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- DPRees125 Recorded by
- Pomaderris aspera, its foodplant Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hypochrysops byzos
Species information
- Hypochrysops byzos Scientific name
- Yellow Jewel Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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