Hypochrysops cleon Grose-Smith, 1900 Splendid Jewel LUCIINI,   THECLINAE,   LYCAENIDAE,   PAPILIONOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The two sexes of the adult butterflies of this species on top are different, but both are black with a large metallic blue patch in the centre of each wing. The blue patches for the males are bigger than those of the females.

female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

Underneath, they are both grey or brown, with orange markings outlined in metallic pale green. Both sexes have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This species is found on

Queensland on Cape York.

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Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 2, p. 656.

Henley Grose-Smith,
Descriptions of new species of butterflies captured by Mr. A.S. Meek, at Milne Bay, British New Guinea, in the museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, at Tring,
Novitates Zoologicae,
Volume 7 (1900), pp. 88-89.

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