''Lycaena xanthoides'', the great copper, is a species of copper in the
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
. It is found in North America.
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Subspecies
These three subspecies belong to the species ''Lycaena xanthoides'':
* ''Lycaena xanthoides nigromaculata'' J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998
* ''Lycaena xanthoides obsolescens'' J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998
* ''Lycaena xanthoides xanthoides'' (Boisduval, 1852)
References
Further reading
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Lycaena
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Butterflies described in 1852
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