Paralucia
| Bright Copper | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Genus: | Paralucia Waterhouse & Turner, 1905[1] |
Paralucia is a genus of butterflies 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.[2]
Species
- Bright Copper, Paralucia aurifera
- Fiery Copper, Paralucia pyrodiscus
- Bathurst Copper, Paralucia spinifera
References
External links
Media related to Paralucia at Wikimedia Commons
- List of host plants for Graphium macleayanus. Australian Biological Resources Study.