Lycaena salustius
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Lycaena salustius, the common copper or the coastal copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is known in the Māori language as pepe para riki, a name that is shared with a few other members of the genus Lycaena native to New Zealand.
The wingspan is 24–35 mm. Adults are on wing from October to April. The larvae feed on Muehlenbeckia species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egmont National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a North Island Coastal Copper sighting in Auckland on a given day, based on 47 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 142nd most-seen of the 689 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to May
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a North Island Coastal Copper in Auckland on a given day, against under 5% in June and July, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most North Island Coastal Copper sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Auckland, in our data
Auckland is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate North Island Coastal Copper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the North Island Coastal Copper that you can see in Auckland (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Zizina labradus (about 10%), Pea Blue (about 10%) and Lesser Grass Blue (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the North Island Coastal Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Auckland (47 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
