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Organism
(ORGA)
last updated: 26 Aug 2026
Lucilia cuprina
| Realm | Eukaryota |
| Subrealm | Opisthokonta |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Diptera |
| Suborder | Brachycera |
| Family | Calliphoridae |
| Subfamily | Luciliinae |
| Genus | Lucilia |
| Species | cuprina |
- Phaenicia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830
- Musca cuprina Wiedemann, 1830
- Lucilia amica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
- Lucilia argyricephala Macquart, 1846
- Lucilia dorsalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
- Musca fucina Walker, 1849
- Phaenicia cuprina James, 1970
- Phaenicia pallescens Hall, 1948
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Australian sheep blowflyEN
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Sheep blowflyEN
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Bronze bottle flyEN
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Green bottle flyEN
Insects
Wild
Probably originated in the Afrotropical region and subsequently expanded to Australasia, Asia and the Americas.
Afrotropical and Australasian regions are considered major centres of diversity of the species.
Lucilia cuprina occurs predominantly in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate environments and can inhabit a broad range of habitats, including agricultural and pastoral areas, urban and peri-urban environments, semi-arid areas, forests and woodlands. Populations are favored by warm climatic conditions and the availability of suitable substrates for larval development, including carrion and other decomposing animal tissues. The species can also develop as a facultative ectoparasite in wounds or moist/damaged skin of living mammals, particularly sheep.
The species has a very broad, essentially pantropical/subtropical distribution, extending into some warm-temperate regions. It occurs across Africa, Asia, Australasia, North America and South America.
Larvae may cause facultative myiasis (fly strike), particularly in sheep and other livestock. The species is an economically important veterinary pest. No specific allergenic effects were identified in the reviewed sources.
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- NCBI Taxonomy: Lucilia cuprina [ English ]
- GBIF Species Record: Lucilia cuprina [ English ]
- Catalogue of life: Lucilia cuprina [ English ]
- Uniprot taxonomy: Lucilia cuprina [ English ]
