Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Hypochrysops apelles (Fabricius, 1775)

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Species Hypochrysops apelles (Fabricius, 1775)

Copper Jewel

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Aru Islands, Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Indonesia
    • Aru Islands
    • Irian Jaya
  • Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Planchonia careya (F.Muell.) R.Knuth [LECYTHIDACEAE] Cocky Apple; Eucalyptus drepanophylla F.Muell. ex Benth., 1867 [MYRTACEAE] Grey Ironbark; Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [ACANTHACEAE] Grey Mangrove; Bruguiera gymnorhiza (L.) Savigny [RHIZOPHORACEAE] Large-fruited Orange Mangrove; Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. [RHAMNACEAE] Red Ash; Acacia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Red Wattle; Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Rough-Barked Apple; Ceriops tagal (Perr.) C.B.Rob. [RHIZOPHORACEAE] Yellow-leaved Spurred Mangrove; Rhizophora stylosa Griff. [RHIZOPHORACEAE]; Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. [COMBRETACEAE]; Terminalia catappa L. [COMBRETACEAE]; Terminalia muelleri Benth. [COMBRETACEAE]; Terminalia sericocarpa F.Muell. [COMBRETACEAE]; Terminalia sp. [COMBRETACEAE]; Petalostigma pubescens Domin [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Vandasina retusa (Benth.) Rauschert [FABACEAE]; Barringtonia sp. [LECYTHIDACEAE]).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023 PAPILIONOIDEA 01-Jan-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
01-Feb-2016 Luciini 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 LYCAENIDAE 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED