# Paralucia

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***Paralucia*** is a genus of [butterflies](/source/Butterflies) [endemic](/source/Endemic) to [Australia](/source/Geography_of_Australia) and belonging to the family [Lycaenidae](/source/Lycaenidae). The caterpillars feed on *[Bursaria](/source/Bursaria)* and sometimes *[Pittosporum](/source/Pittosporum)* species and co-habit with ants of the genera *[Anonychomyrma](/source/Anonychomyrma)* and *[Notoncus](/source/Notoncus)*.[2]

## Species

The genus includes the following three species:

- Bright copper, *[Paralucia aurifera](/source/Paralucia_aurifera)*
- Fiery copper, *[Paralucia pyrodiscus](/source/Paralucia_pyrodiscus)*
- Bathurst copper, *[Paralucia spinifera](/source/Paralucia_spinifera)*

## References

1. [*Paralucia*](http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/paralucia/) at Markku Savela's *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*

1. Braby, Michael F. (2000). [*Butterflies of Australia: Their Identification, Biology and Distribution*](https://books.google.com/books?id=mHhKJjj6FscC&pg=PT1285). Csiro Publishing. p. 1285. ISBN 978-0-643-10292-7.

## External links

- [List of host plants for *Graphium macleayanus*](https://web.archive.org/web/20110505003736/http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Graphium_macleayanus/hosts). Australian Biological Resources Study.

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