Purple-edged copper

Purple-edged copper
Lycaena hippothoe. Male, upperface
Lycaena hippothoe eurydame. Male, underface
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lycaena
Species:
L. hippothoe
Binomial name
Lycaena hippothoe
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
List
  • Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe
  • Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Chrysophanus eurydame Hoffmansegg, 1806
  • Papilio eurybia Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Polyommatus stiberi Gerhard, 1853

The purple-edged copper (Lycaena hippothoe) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

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