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Lycaena butterflies
Lycaena
Lycaena is a butterfly genus. The genus range is Holarctic, with the exception of four species found in New Zealand, two in South Africa, one in New Guinea and one in Java. It is commonly divided into several subgenera, such as Antipodolycaena. Many formerly independent genera are now subsumed within Lycaena; the genus Gaiedes may also belong here. Many of the subgenera, species groups and species listed here may be synonyms.
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lycaena
subgenusLycaena
Sooty Copper
speciesLycaena tityrus
Scarce Copper
speciesLycaena virgaureae
Large Copper
speciesLycaena dispar
Purple-shot Copper
speciesLycaena alciphron
Purple-edged Copper
speciesLycaena hippothoe
Lesser Fiery Copper
speciesLycaena thersamon
winter copper
speciesLycaena 'canterbury common copper'
Iberian Sooty Copper
speciesLycaena bleusei
North Island Coastal copper
speciesLycaena salustius
Alciphronia
subgenusAlciphronia
Maui's copper
speciesLycaena edna
Canterbury Alpine Boulder Copper
speciesLycaena tama
North Island Boulder Copper
speciesLycaena boldenarum
White-bordered Copper
speciesLycaena panava
Grecian Copper
speciesLycaena ottomana
Balkan Copper
speciesLycaena candens
North Island Glade Copper
speciesLycaena enysii
Turkish Fiery Copper
speciesLycaena ochimus
Glade Copper
speciesLycaena feredayi
Anatolian Fiery Copper
speciesLycaena asabinus
Western alpine boulder copper
speciesLycaena caerulea
Fiery Copper
speciesLycaena thetis
Oberthür's Copper
speciesLycaena li
Rauparaha's Copper
speciesLycaena rauparaha
Lycaena standfussi
speciesLycaena standfussi
Lycaena violacea
speciesLycaena violacea
Phoenicurusia
subgenusPhoenicurusia
Kurdistan copper
speciesLycaena kurdistanica
green copper
speciesLycaena kasyapa
Persian Fiery Copper
speciesLycaena lampon
Lycaena pang
speciesLycaena pang
Lycaena phoebus
speciesLycaena phoebus
Lycaena solskyi
speciesLycaena solskyi
Lycaena athamantis
speciesLycaena athamantis
Lycaena svenhedini
speciesLycaena svenhedini
Lycaena splendens
speciesLycaena splendens
Lycaena ouang
speciesLycaena ouang
Lycaena tseng
speciesLycaena tseng
Lycaena adbayar
speciesLycaena adbayar
Lycaena alpherakyi
speciesLycaena alpherakyi
Lycaena lamponides
speciesLycaena lamponides
Ladakh Copper
speciesLycaena aditya
Lycaena theages
speciesLycaena theages
Lycaena mithridates
speciesLycaena mithridates
Lycaena primus
speciesLycaena primus
Lycaena phiala
speciesLycaena phiala
Lycaena irmae
speciesLycaena irmae
Lycaena annetta
speciesLycaena annetta
Lycaena rustica
speciesLycaena rustica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54010.