Paralucia crosbyi
4 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed
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| Paralucia crosbyi | SuziBond | 15 Aug 2024 | |
| Paralucia crosbyi | CarbonAI | 15 Aug 2024 | |
| Paralucia crosbyi | Csteele4 | 15 Aug 2024 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
16 Aug 2024
This is a new location for this newly described butterfly within a known population in the close vicinity of Captains Flat
User's notes
Probably 20-25, mix of males and females, top of the ridge in a small meadow with a stand of Bursaria spinosa subsp lasiophylla. Thanks to @DPRees125 as I wouldn't have thought to check this ridge without his find across the river the other day.
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Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- Bursaria spinosa subsp lasiophylla Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- Significant Csteele4 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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