Species Paralucia spinifera Edwards & Common, 1978
Bathurst Copper
- Paralucia spinifera Edwards, E.D. & Common, I.F.B. 1978. A new species of Paralucia Waterhouse & Turner from New South Wales (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 5(4): 65-70 [65].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC 3292 ♂ (Edwards & Common designated a holotype), 20 km E of Bathurst, NSW (designated in original description) [33°27'S 149°48'E].
Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂ 2♀, 20 km E of Bathurst, NSW; ANIC 1♀, 10 mls E of Bathurst, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from Yetholme, Lithgow and Hampton, NSW.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Bursaria spinosa Cav. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Boxthorn).
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae and pupae are attended by ants (possibly Anonychomyrma sp.) (Formicidae).
General References
Braby, M.F. 1990. The life history and biology of Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida Crosby (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29(1): 41-50 [41]
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [435] (distribution, identification, life history)
Dexter, E.M. & Kitching, R.L. 1993. The Bathurst Copper, Paralucia spinifera Edwards & Common. pp. 168-170 in New, T.R. (ed.). Conservation Biology of Lycaenidae (Butterflies). Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission No. 8. Switzerland : IUCN pp. 1-173. [168] (conservation)
Dunn, K.L. & Dunn, L.E. 1991. Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Family Lycaenidae. Melbourne : K. & L. Dunn Vol. 3 336-512 pp. [342] (distribution, life history)
Kitching, R.L. & Baker, E. 1990. Hello, Goodbye? Australia's rarest butterfly, the Bathurst Copper lives in a shrinking neighbourhood. Geo. Australia's Geographical Magazine 12(2): 92-93 [92] (conservation)
The IUCN Species Survival Commission 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN & Conservation International : Gland, Switzerland, Cambrridge, UK and Washington, USA. 368 +10 pp. [103] (listed as a threatened species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | LYCAENIDAE Leach, 1815 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2016 | Luciini | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | LYCAENIDAE | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED |