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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 » Gorgon Copper - Hodges#4255 (Lycaena gorgon)

Species Lycaena gorgon - Gorgon Copper - Hodges#4255

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gorgon Copper - Lycaena gorgon - female Gorgon Copper - Lycaena gorgon Gorgon Copper - Lycaena gorgon - male Unknown butterfly - Lycaena gorgon Unknown butterfly - Lycaena gorgon Something in the Polyommatini? - Lycaena gorgon - male - female Gorgon Copper, female - Lycaena gorgon - female Unidentified Mt. Diablo Butterfly - Lycaena gorgon
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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 gorgon (Gorgon Copper - Hodges#4255)
Hodges Number
4255
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
This species is in the subgenus Chalceria Scudder, 1876
This subgenus is sometimes separated as a distinct genus.
Contributed by tom murray on 8 July, 2006 - 7:37am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, David Ferguson
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:10am

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