About Lucia limbaria Swainson, 1833
Lucia is a monotypic butterfly genus belonging to the family Lycaenidae. It contains only one species, Lucia limbaria Swainson, 1833. This species is commonly known by several common names: Chequered Copper, Grassland Copper, and Small Copper. This is a tiny, endemic, rarely seen butterfly that has been recorded at scattered locations across southeastern South Australia, southwestern Victoria, and as far north as central Queensland. Lucia limbaria is highly dependent on the ant Iridomyrmex rufoniger. Its documented host plant is Oxalis perennans, a native sorrel also called Creeping Yellow Oxalis. It may also use Oxalis corniculata ssp corniculata, also known as Yellow Wood-sorrel, as a host plant.
