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Species Lycaena arota - Tailed Copper - Hodges#4258

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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.