Paralucia aurifer (Bright Copper Butterfly)

Bright Copper Butterfly, Paralucia aurifer
The caterpillars feed on Prickly Box (Bursaria spinosa).

Mid January 2009
Knocklofty Reserve, nipaluna/Hobart
Photo KE

Late December, 2007
Buckland
Image by Elizabeth Daley, used with permission.

Late December 2024
Tasmanian Bushland Garden, Buckland
Photo KE

References:
Field, R.P. 2013 Butterflies Identification and Life History. Museum Victoria

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