Paralucia
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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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.[2]
| Paralucia | |
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| Bright copper, Paralucia aurifer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Luciini |
| Genus: | Paralucia Waterhouse & Turner, 1905[1] |
| Species | |
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3; see text | |
Species
The genus includes the following three species:
- Bright copper, Paralucia aurifera
- Fiery copper, Paralucia pyrodiscus
- Bathurst copper, Paralucia spinifera
