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Threatened species

Purple Copper Butterfly, Bathurst Copper Butterfly - South Eastern Highlands: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Paralucia spinifera
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Vulnerable
Last updated: 01 Aug 2024

Distribution of the species within this region

The Purple Copper Butterfly, Bathurst Copper Butterfly is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the South Eastern Highlands Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Bathurst Known Above 850m altitude and within the Central Tablelands Local Land Services region (i.e. within LGAs: Bathurst Regional, Cabonne Shire, Cowra Shire, Lithgow City, Mid-Western Regional, Oberon, Orange City)
Capertee Uplands Known Above 850m altitude and within the Central Tablelands Local Land Services region (i.e. within LGAs: Bathurst Regional, Cabonne Shire, Cowra Shire, Lithgow City, Mid-Western Regional, Oberon, Orange City)
Hill End Known Above 850m altitude and within the Central Tablelands Local Land Services region (i.e. within LGAs: Bathurst Regional, Cabonne Shire, Cowra Shire, Lithgow City, Mid-Western Regional, Oberon, Orange City)
Oberon Known Above 850m altitude and within the Central Tablelands Local Land Services region (i.e. within LGAs: Bathurst Regional, Cabonne Shire, Cowra Shire, Lithgow City, Mid-Western Regional, Oberon, Orange City)

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Purple Copper Butterfly, Bathurst Copper Butterfly - South Eastern Highlands is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 351 Brittle Gum - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark open forest in the north-western part (Yass to Orange) of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 730 Broad-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Gum dry open forest of the Central Tablelands area of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3732 Capertee Uplands Enriched Stringybark Forest
      • 3734 Central Tableland Dry Slopes Stringybark-Box Forest
      • 3735 Central Tableland Peppermint Shrub-Grass Forest
      • 3738 Goulburn-Lithgow Tableland Hills Grassy Forest
      • 3739 Monaro Hills Brittle Gum Exposed Forest
      • 3741 Monaro Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3742 Monaro Mountains Snow Gum Shrub Forest
      • 3743 Monaro Ranges Exposed Shrub Forest
      • 3747 Southern Tableland Western Hills Scribbly Gum Forest
      • 3749 Western Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Forest
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3687 Newnes Plateau Peppermint-Ash Tall Forest
      • 3688 Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
      • 3694 Upper Blue Mountains Ridgetop Woodland
      • 3695 Western Blue Mountains Peppermint Sheltered Forest
      • 3696 Western Blue Mountains Rocky Scribbly Gum Woodland
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 731 Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark grassy open forest on undulating hills, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3366 Central Tableland Clay Apple Box Grassy Forest
      • 3367 Central Tableland Granites Grassy Box Woodland
      • 3369 Central Tableland Ranges Peppermint-Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3374 Goulburn Tableland Peppermint Grassy Forest
      • 3375 Monaro-Queanbeyan Rolling Hills Grassy Forest
      • 1330 Yellow Box - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodland on the tablelands, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
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    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • 3382 Kosciuszko Eastern Slopes Mountain Gum Forest
      • 1191 Snow Gum - Candle Bark woodland on broad valley flats of the tablelands and slopes, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 3385 Southern Tableland Creekflat Swamp Woodland
    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3341 Monaro-Gourock Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 3347 Southern Tableland Creekflat Ribbon Gum Forest
      • 3348 Southern Tableland Granites Ribbon Gum Grassy Forest
    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland