Paralucia

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
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
3; see text

Species

The genus includes the following three species:

• Bright copper, Paralucia aurifera
• Fiery copper, Paralucia pyrodiscus
• Bathurst copper, Paralucia spinifera