Hypochrysops byzos
5 Yellow Jewel at suppressed
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| Hypochrysops byzos | owenh | 3 Feb 2024 | |
| Hypochrysops byzos | DPRees125 | 3 Feb 2024 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
another location, two individuals sitting quietly in location with few spotted browns about, that higher up were stiring almost everything into flight
2 comments
3 Feb 2024
Yes, I seem to, they do take time though. Had a good feeling about this bush when seen from afar, and that feeling was paid back. They sit about a lot and blend so well with their foodplant and the dappled light of their habitat.
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- DPRees125 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Photographic Competition - best invertebrate animal image Significant 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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Record quality
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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