Purple-shot Copper

Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)

Status

Description

Habitat Requirements

Larval Foodplants

Observations

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Taxonomy

  • Vernacular/Common Name: Purple-shot Copper
  • Family: Lycaenidae (Leach, 1815)
  • Sub-family: Lycaeninae (Leach, 1815)
  • Tribe: Lycaenini (Leach, 1815)
  • Genus: Lycaena (Fabricius, 1807)
  • Species: alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)

References

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