Lycaena xanthoides, the great copper, is a species of copper in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lycaena |
| Species: | L. xanthoides
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| Lycaena xanthoides (Boisduval, 1852)
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Subspecies
editThese three subspecies belong to the species Lycaena xanthoides:
- Lycaena xanthoides nigromaculata J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998
- Lycaena xanthoides obsolescens J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998
- Lycaena xanthoides xanthoides (Boisduval, 1852)
References
edit- ^ "Lycaena xanthoides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Lycaena xanthoides". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Lycaena xanthoides species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
edit- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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