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Paralucia
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Paralucia

Paralucia is a genus of butterflies endemic to Australia and belonging to the family Lycaenidae. The caterpillars feed on Bursaria and sometimes Pittosporum species and co-habit with ants of the genera Anonychomyrma and Notoncus.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fiery Copper

speciesParalucia pyrodiscus

Bright Copper

speciesParalucia aurifer

Violet Copper

speciesParalucia crosbyi

Purple Copper

speciesParalucia spinifera

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90735.