Paralucia crosbyi

4 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Paralucia crosbyi	7 Oct 2021	SuziBond
	Paralucia crosbyi	7 Oct 2021	Christine

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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
Christine Recorded by
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My flagged sightings Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Male Gender

Species information

Paralucia crosbyi Scientific name
Violet Copper Butterfly Common name
Highly Sensitive
Very rare / threatened
Non-invasive or negligible
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