Paralucia crosbyi
1 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed
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| Paralucia crosbyi | SuziBond | 12 Sep 2024 | |
| Paralucia crosbyi | CarbonAI | 8 Sep 2024 | |
| Paralucia crosbyi | Csteele4 | 8 Sep 2024 |
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User's notes
Finally got photos of the original colony out here. The ones I managed to photograph looking quite ragged, but plenty more were circling around each other. Lots of dragonflies around as well - do they hunt the butterflies?
4 comments
7 Aug 2025
@MichaelMulvaney I didn't see this comment last year! Yes, they were feeding on the Cryptandra.
7 Aug 2025
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- Cryptandra amara Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
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- ACT Most Wanted! 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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