Lycaena candens

Lycaena candens is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Southeast Europe and Caucasus) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Lycaena candens
Lycaena candens Turkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lycaena
Species:
L. candens
Binomial name
Lycaena candens

Subspecies

  • L. c. leonhardi (Fruhstorfer, 1917)
  • L. c. pfeifferi (Beuret, 1952) Caucasus, Transcaucasia

Description from Seitz

The males have no blue sheen and the forewing above is entirely golden brown in the females; the black margin of the upperside is narrower in both sexes.[2]

Biology

The larva on feeds on Rumex

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See also

References

  1. Herrich-Schäffer, [1844] Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


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