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Species Lycaena arota - Tailed Copper - Hodges#4258

Which Lycaenidae is this? - Lycaena arota

Tailed Copper Butterfly - Lycaena arota - female

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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 arota (Tailed Copper - Hodges#4258)

Hodges Number

4258

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

This species is in the subgenus Tharsalea Scudder, 1876

This subgenus is sometimes separated as a distinct genus.

Contributed by tom murray on 23 July, 2005 - 8:22pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, David Ferguson
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:48am

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