Chequered Copper at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Lucia limbaria | 10 Jan 2021 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Paralucia aurifera | 9 Jan 2021 | KMcCue |
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User's notes
A bit of hill-topping going on. This is my first sight of these gorgeous butterflies - thanks Suzi.
2 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
10 Jan 2021
This one is the Chequered Copper rather than the Bright Copper, which has slightly different markings and is more common at higher elevations in the ACT.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.076133-35.269431
- Altitude 614.2m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 9 Jan 2021 10:13 AM Recorded on
- KMcCue Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) KMcCue Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- gravel road Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Lucia limbaria Scientific name
- Chequered Copper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1376m Recorded at altitude
- 285 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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