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[edit]

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

Description from Seitz[edit]

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[edit]

The larva on feeds on Rumex

References[edit]

^ 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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