Lycaena candens is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Southeast Europe and Caucasus) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lycaena |
Species: | L. candens
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Binomial name | |
Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844])[1]
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Subspecies
edit- L. c. leonhardi (Fruhstorfer, 1917)
- L. c. pfeifferi (Beuret, 1952) Caucasus, Transcaucasia
Description from Seitz
editThe males have no blue sheen and the forewing above is entirely golden brown in the females; the black margin of the upperside is narrower in both sexes.[2]
Biology
editThe larva on feeds on Rumex
See also
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