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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Coppers (Lycaeninae) » Lycaena » Lustrous Copper - Hodges#4252 (Lycaena cupreus)

Species Lycaena cupreus - Lustrous Copper - Hodges#4252

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)

Subfamily Lycaeninae (Coppers)

Genus Lycaena

Species cupreus (Lustrous Copper - Hodges#4252)

Hodges Number

4252

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This species is in the subgenus Lycaena. [Other subgenera are often segregated as distinct genera, leaving this as one of the few "true" species of Lycaena.

Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2005 - 10:21pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, David Ferguson
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:47am

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