Paralucia crosbyi

4 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Paralucia crosbyi	15 Aug 2024	SuziBond
	Paralucia crosbyi	15 Aug 2024	DPRees125

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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
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Significant DPRees125 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Mixed Gender

Species information

Paralucia crosbyi Scientific name
Violet Copper Butterfly Common name
Highly Sensitive
Very rare / threatened
Non-invasive or negligible
331 images trained Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania