Hypochrysops delicia

8 Moonlight Jewel at Whitlam, ACT

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Identification history

Hypochrysops delicia	Yesterday	owenh
Hypochrysops delicia	Yesterday	SteveBorkowskis
Unidentified	Yesterday	SteveBorkowskis

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Significant sighting

owenh noted:

20 Nov 2024

New CNM location for this locally uncommon species

4 comments

owenh wrote:

Yesterday

Excellent find Steve. A female.

HelenCross wrote:

Yesterday

Wow - would love to see one of these!

MatthewFrawley wrote:

1 hr ago

I'd love to see one too, and even hold one like Steve.

SteveBorkowskis wrote:

16 min ago

Thanks everyone, it was a chance find, occasionally you get lucky and cross paths with something amazing. There is an old pedestrian/stock underpass beneath William Hovel Drive and it was hanging around the entrance, perhaps looking for moisture or the significantly cooler temperature in the tunnel?

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Location information

Places Whitlam, ACT

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Yesterday 02:37 PM Recorded on
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12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Hypochrysops delicia Scientific name
Moonlight Jewel Common name
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Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
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