Paralucia crosbyi
12 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed
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| Paralucia crosbyi | SuziBond | 17 Aug 2021 | |
| Paralucia crosbyi | MichaelBedingfield | 17 Aug 2021 | |
| Zizina otis | SWishart | 16 Aug 2021 |
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Significant sighting
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Sunning itself on a rock.
9 comments
16 Aug 2021
Great that you managed to snap a photo, did you get any other images at all of it?
16 Aug 2021
I've just put up two more photos but the rest are variations on those three positions which are more a reflection of the wings spreading a little. It was a lovely sunny day and it was enjoying the warmth but I took that one step too close.
17 Aug 2021
Ta. I'm pretty chuffed and thankful that after some hesitation I ended up posting my 'common grass blue' butterfly
6 Jun 2024
Fantastic Susan! This is now described as a New species of butterfly! Congratulations on your amazing find!
And well done Canberra Nature Map on providing the platform on which this amazing discovery could be recorded and, well, discovered!
YAY!
And there are now 159 sightings of this butterfly on CNM in less than three years since it was discovered by Susan. Wow!
And well done Canberra Nature Map on providing the platform on which this amazing discovery could be recorded and, well, discovered!
YAY!
And there are now 159 sightings of this butterfly on CNM in less than three years since it was discovered by Susan. Wow!
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- SWishart Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant Featured SWishart Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paralucia crosbyi Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Paralucia crosbyi Scientific name
- Violet Copper Butterfly Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1153m Recorded at altitude
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Quality score
7 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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