1. Bulloak Jewel_Hypochrysops piceatus female on Allocasuarina luehmannii_CREDIT_Michael Braby (IMAGE)

University of Adelaide

1. Bulloak Jewel_Hypochrysops piceatus female on Allocasuarina luehmannii_CREDIT_Michael Braby

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The Bulloak Jewel butterfly is estimated to have a 37 per cent likelihood of becoming extinct by 2040 unless there is new action to conserve it. It lives in Queensland's Bulloak Woodlands which have been widely cleared

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Michael Braby, Australian National University.

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