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Species Hypochrysops ignitus (Leach, 1814)

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Species Hypochrysops ignitus (Leach, 1814)

Fiery Jewel

Introduction

According to Orr and Fliedner (2011) the correct spelling of the species group name under gender agreement is Hypochrysops ignitus.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—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, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
  • Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A.Rich.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Beach Tamarind; Acacia mearnsii De Wild. [FABACEAE] Black Wattle; Acacia holosericea G.Don [FABACEAE] Candelabra Wattle; Olearia axillaris (DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. [ASTERACEAE] Coastal Daisy Bush; Planchonia careya (F.Muell.) R.Knuth [LECYTHIDACEAE] Cocky Apple; Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth. [EPACRIDACEAE] Daphne Heath; Jacksonia scoparia R.Br. ex Sm. [FABACEAE] Dogwood; Acacia pycnantha Benth. [FABACEAE] Golden Wattle; Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L. Wendl. [FABACEAE] Golden Wreath Wattle; Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees; Acacia mangium Willd. [FABACEAE] Mangium; Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Peppermint; Acacia tumida Benth. [FABACEAE] Pindan Wattle; Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. [RHAMNACEAE] Red Ash; Acacia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Red Wattle; Acacia juncifolia Sprengel [FABACEAE] Rush-leaved Wattle; Heterodendrum diversifolium F.Muell. [SAPINDACEAE] Scrub Boonaree; Acacia neriifolia Benth. [FABACEAE] Silver Wattle; Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Swamp Mahogany; Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. [FABACEAE] Sydney Golden Wattle; Acacia leiophylla Benth. [FABACEAE]; Cassinia quinquefaria R.Br. [ASTERACEAE]; Terminalia arenicola Byrnes [COMBRETACEAE]; Elaeocarpus obovatus G.Don [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Glochidion apodogynum Airy Shaw [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Banksia sp. [PROTEACEAE]; Grevillea baileyana McGill. [PROTEACEAE]; Pomaderris sp. [RHAMNACEAE]; Choretrum glomeratum R.Br. [SANTALACEAE]; Choretrum spicatum F.Muell. [SANTALACEAE]; Exocarpos aphyllus R.Br. [SANTALACEAE]; Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill. [SANTALACEAE]; Exocarpos latifolius R.Br. [SANTALACEAE]; Dodonaea humilis Endl. [SAPINDACEAE]; Dodonaea lanceolata F.Muell. [SAPINDACEAE]; Dodonaea triquetra Wendl. [SAPINDACEAE]; Dodonaea viscosa Jacq. [SAPINDACEAE]; Dodonaea sp. [SAPINDACEAE]; Smilax australis R.Br. [SMILACACEAE]; Brachychiton paradoxus Schott & Endl. [STERCULIACEAE]; Clerodendrum floribundum R.Br. [VERBENACEAE]; Prunus sp. [ROSACEAE]; Rosa sp. [ROSACEAE]; Rubus fruticosus L. [ROSACEAE]; Camellia sp. [THEACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Also plants in Loranthaceae (not confirmed), introduced plants include Prunus sp., Rosa sp., Rubus fruticosus (Rosaceae), Camellia sp. (Theaceae).

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [445]

Druce, H.H. 1891. A monograph of the Lycaenid genus Hypochrysops, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1891(2): 179-195 [185]

Orr, A.G. & Fliedner, H. 2011. Notes on the correct spelling of species-group names of Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera). Australian Entomologist 38: 101-108

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [351]

Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder. Entomonograph 7: 1-116 [50]

Sands, D.P.A. 1999. The Jewels, Hypochrysops species (Lycaenidae). pp. 261-277 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [270]

Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. Part III—Revisional. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132-275, pls 1-3 [168]

Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [89]

 

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