Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
Species: Hypochrysops apelles
Subspecies: (2)
H. a. apelles – H. a. praeclarus

Name

Hypochrysops apelles (Fabricius, 1775).

Type locality: Australia, Queensland.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "papilio apelles, Fab. Entom. p. 524 n. 343, type, apelles Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 524 n. 343 (1775) Queensland"; Banks coll..

References

• Druce, H.H. 1891. A monograph of the Lycaenid genus Hypochrysops with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 39(2): 179–195, pls. 10, 11. Reference page. 

• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 

• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1860 [1859]. Lepidopterologische Fragmente. Parts 5-6. Wien ents. Monats 4(4): 97–112; 4(8): 225–251 2 pls.; 394–402, 2 pls. BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 

• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page. 

• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page. 

• Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A Revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Entomonograph 7, 116pp., 3 pls. Reference page. 

• Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page.