Fiery Copper at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | 10 Jan 2022 | SuziBond | ||
| Paralucia pyrodiscus | 8 Jan 2022 | SteveBorkowskis |
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Approximately 8-10 Fiery Copper butterflies on Bursaria spinosa and surrounding plants. Multiple individuals chasing each other flying in spirals. They were also aggressively chasing away much larger butterflies such as Common browns. Location is approximately 600 metres from sighting made yesterday (also checked location of previous sighting and they were still in there in similar numbers today)
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Location information
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- SteveBorkowskis Recorded by
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SteveBorkowskis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paralucia pyrodiscus Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Bursaria spinosa, Chrysocephalum semipapposum 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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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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