Paralucia crosbyi
4 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed
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| Paralucia crosbyi | SuziBond | 7 Oct 2021 | |
| Paralucia crosbyi | Christine | 7 Oct 2021 |
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Thanks to SWishart and others I was privileged to be able to see three of these tiny but beautiful butterflies. And yes, that is my shoe. This is the only male that I saw, I will put another sighting for the females.
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Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
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- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
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- My flagged sightings Christine 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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