Bright Copper at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Identification history
| Paralucia aurifera | 14 Nov 2018 | SuziBond | ||
| Paralucia aurifera | 11 Nov 2018 | SWishart |
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User's notes
This butterfly was perched on a log before flying onto the track and lying down (collapsing) on its side probably for less than a minute then flying off again - I've never seen a butterfly do that before. It didn't open its wings unfortunately.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.959753-35.654622
- Altitude 1020.9m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 11 Nov 2018 02:46 PM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Paralucia aurifera Scientific name
- Bright Copper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1443.1m Recorded at altitude
- 191 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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