Paralucia crosbyi

2 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed

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Identification history

	Paralucia crosbyi	5 Sep 2024	SuziBond
	Paralucia crosbyi	5 Sep 2024	Csteele4

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

10 Sep 2024

New recorded location within a known vicinity for this species

User's notes

In an area with plenty of Bursaria spinosa subsp. lasiophylla. Unfortunately, I did not have my good camera as the high winds led me to believe I wouldn't see any Paralucia if they were present. No photo of interior of wings as it landed, I got this quick shot, and the dogs I was with startled it, but exterior appears to be P crosbyi, hopefully Suzi agrees. Going back with the good camera shortly.

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Csteele4 wrote:

5 Sep 2024

@SuziBond by the time I got back with the good camera the sun ducked behind the clouds and they were gone. I'll go out again first thing tomorrow and try to get better photos and a better idea of how many are there.

SuziBond wrote:

5 Sep 2024

@Csteele4 that sounds great, thanks. And thanks for all your records of this species :)

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
5 Sep 2024 01:05 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

Alive / healthy Animal health
12mm to 25mm Animal size

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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Synonyms
Paralucia spinifera Bathurst Purple Copper Butterfly

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