Insects
Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae)
Sighting 4422592

Lucia limbaria

Chequered Copper at West Wodonga, VIC

Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
Lucia limbaria at West Wodonga, VIC - 5 Feb 2022 09:53 AM
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Identification history

Lucia limbaria 10 Feb 2022 MichaelMulvaney
Lucia limbaria 5 Feb 2022 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

my book says they should be brown and orange, but these are definately darker but can't find anything else in my book that looks like them. First time I've seen this butterfly. It was great- they really stood on out on the clay track.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Mixed 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
  • 317 images trained Machine learning
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