Paralucia pyrodiscus
1 Fiery Copper at Fadden, ACT
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| Paralucia pyrodiscus | SuziBond | 21 Dec 2017 | |
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | ArcherCallaway | 21 Dec 2017 |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
New species for me
4 comments
22 Dec 2017
Thanks Suzi (and Sandra). Is that Bursaria that the butterfly is perched on? In which case there is plenty of Bursaria that patch of woodland. But no creeks or waterways nearby.
Location information
- Maps Wanniassa Hill
- Places Fadden, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- ArcherCallaway Recorded by
Collections
- Significant ArcherCallaway Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paralucia pyrodiscus Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Paralucia pyrodiscus Scientific name
- Fiery Copper Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 846.1m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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