Paralucia aurifer
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The bright copper (Paralucia aurifer) is a butterfly belonging to the family Lycaenidae. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bright Copper sighting in Great Otway National Park on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 178th most-seen of the 418 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bright Copper in Great Otway National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–August and November, the lowest months. That is one of Great Otway National Park's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain against 40 mm in February.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bright Copper sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Great Otway National Park, in our data
Great Otway National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bright Copper sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Bright Copper that you can see in Great Otway National Park (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Zizina labradus (about 20%) 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 Bright Copper is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Otway National Park (15 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
