Lycaena candens

Lycaena candens
	Lycaena candens Turkey
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Lycaena
Species:	L. candens
Binomial name
	Lycaena candens; (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844])

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

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

References

^ Herrich-Schäffer, [1844] Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa
^ 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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[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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Subspecies

Description from Seitz

Biology

See also

References