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])[1]

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

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

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

See also

• List of butterflies of Russia

References

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)