Paralucia
| Paralucia | |
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| Bright copper, Paralucia aurifer | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Genus: |
Paralucia Waterhouse & Turner, 1905 |
| Species | |
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3; see text |
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3; see text
Paralucia is a genus of butterflies 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.
The genus includes the following three species:
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