Hypochrysops byzos

Taxobox
name = Yellow-spot Jewel


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Male "H. byzos"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Hypochrysops"
species = "H. byzos"
binomial = "Hypochrysops byzos"
binomial_authority = Boisduval (1832)

The Yellow-spot Jewel is a member of the family Lycaenidae. Its range consist of Eastern Australia [cite web |title= 3. Systematic Names Hypochrysops byzos |url= http://www.ento.csiro.au/aicn//system/c_2661.htm |publisher= CSIRO |Year= 2004 |accessdate=2008-09-27] . The wingspan of both the male and female is about 3cms [cite web |title= Hypochrysops byzos |url= http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/lyca/byzos.html |publisher= Don Herbison-Evans |accessdate=2008-09-27] .

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