Paralucia
Sign in to saveParalucia 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 565
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- NMV, QVMAG, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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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.
==Species== The genus includes the following three species: Bright copper, Paralucia aurifera Fiery copper, Paralucia pyrodiscus Bathurst copper, Paralucia spinifera
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