5 Fiery Copper at Jerrabomberra, NSW
Identification history
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | 10 Jan 2022 | SuziBond | ||
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | 7 Jan 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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User's notes
Observed somewhere between 10-12 Fiery Copper Butterflies on one Bursaria spinosa, some also landing on Eucalypt leaves on the ground and on surrounding plants. Butterflies were sitting still, and then occasionally a pair would fly together in a tight spiral for approximately 10 seconds and then break up and land again. Assuming this may be breeding or territorial behaviour? Some individuals had damaged wings and others were in good condition. Photos submitted are of multiple individuals (I have many more images). I pinned the location separately with my iphone so it should be accurate. Really excited about this sighting as I was specifically searching for them after finding one individual in recent days.
1 comment
SuziBond
wrote:
10 Jan 2022
Oh wow! This is great, fantastic that you managed to find this! Congratulations.
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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Collections
Significant SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paralucia pyrodiscus Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Bursaria spinosa Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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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- 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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