Black-spotted Flash (subspecies: Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas
Black-spotted Flash


©Anne Hoggett: Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas at Lizard Island Research Station

©Anne Hoggett: Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas at Lizard Island Research Station.

©Michael Salter: Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas at Lizard Island Research Station.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Lycaenidae
Genus Hypolycaena
Subspecies Hypolycaena phorbas phorbas

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

Colours

                   

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 2 cm (Estimated body length of photographed specimen)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

References

  • Duckworth, B.G. and J. McLean (1986). Notes on a collection of butterflies from the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, Australian Entomological Magazine, 13: 43-48. LIRS catalog number 832.
  • Lachlan, R.B. (2003). An annotated list of the hawk moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Lizard Island, Queensland, Australian Entomologist, 30: 1-3. LIRS catalog number 792.