Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Theclinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus | Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Paralucia Higher classification Theclinae Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Paralucia pyrodiscus, Butterfly, Acrodipsas, Paralucia spinifera, Lycaenidae | ||
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.
Species
The genus includes the following three species:
References
Paralucia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA