1 Violet Copper Butterfly at suppressed
Identification history
| Paralucia crosbyi | 12 Sep 2024 | SuziBond | ||
| Paralucia crosbyi | 8 Sep 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Paralucia crosbyi | 8 Sep 2024 | Csteele4 |
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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
Csteele4
wrote:
7 Aug 2025
@MichaelMulvaney I didn't see this comment last year! Yes, they were feeding on the Cryptandra.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
7 Aug 2025
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- Csteele4 Recorded by
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Collections
ACT Most Wanted! NSW Government Priority Species Csteele4 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Paralucia crosbyi Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Cryptandra amara Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Paralucia crosbyi Scientific name
- Violet Copper Butterfly Common name
- Highly Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1140m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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