Paralucia crosbyi
4 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed
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| Paralucia crosbyi | SuziBond | 15 Aug 2024 | |
| Paralucia crosbyi | DPRees125 | 15 Aug 2024 |
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Significant sighting
MichaelMulvaney noted:
16 Aug 2024
Helping map the extent of a new location and large population of this newly discovered and described butterfly species
User's notes
Furthest north on this visit, the lowest point I was able to get to. warm, very sheltered, planty of bursaria. There is a substancial population in this general area
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Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- DPRees125 Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
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- Significant DPRees125 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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