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Lycaenidae 77a0479 – 4252   Lycaena cupreus (Edwards, 1870)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cupreus Edwards 1870 (Chrysophanus) - MONA 1983: 4252 ssp. a. cupreus Edwards 1870 (Chrysophanus) - MONA 1983: 4252 ssp. a. lapidicola Emmel & Pratt 1998 (Lycaena) maculinita Gunder 1926 (Heodes) artemisia Scott 1981 (Lycaena) ssp. c. henryae Cadbury 1937 (Chrysophanus) macdunnoughi dos Passos 1964 (Lycaena) mcdunnoughi Gunder 1927 (Lycaena) ssp. d. snowi Edwards [1881] (Chrysophanus)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America

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