''Hypochrysops halyaetus'', the western jewell, is a member of the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterf ...
of
butterflies. It lives in
Australia.
"''Hypochrysops halyaetus'' Hewitson, 1874"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
References
Luciini
Butterflies described in 1874
Butterflies of Australia
Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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