Purple Copper Butterfly Project
Channel: Central Tablelands LLS
Date: 2018-07-11

The Purple Copper Butterfly is unique to the central tablelands region, it is only found between Bathurst, Oberon and Lithgow above 900 metres in elevation.

Central Tableland Local Land Services has been working with a number of partners to protect and enhance known habitat sites of the Purple Copper Butterfly. This has involved funding a number of activities including re-vegetation and weed control, and an experimental burn program to regenerate and enhance the Native Backthorn and surrounding habitat.
Building community awareness through field days and involvement in nocturnal caterpillar surveys as part of the Purple Copper Butterfly monitoring program.