Paralucia

Paralucia
Bright copper, Paralucia aurifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Luciini
Genus: Paralucia
Waterhouse & Turner, 1905[1]
Species

3; see text

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]

Species

The genus includes the following three species:

References

  1. ^ Paralucia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Braby, Michael F. (2000). Butterflies of Australia: Their Identification, Biology and Distribution. Csiro Publishing. p. 1285. ISBN 978-0-643-10292-7.
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