Purple-edged Copper

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Purple-edged Copper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Subfamily: Lycaenidae Genus: Palaeochrysophanus Species: P. hippothoe
Binomial name
Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)

The Purple-edged Copper (Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

• Length of male: 16–17 mm.
• Period of flight: June–July, one generation, range around 1500 m.
• Plants favoured: Rumex spp. and Polygonum bistorta.
• Home: Western Europe around the region of the river Amur.

[edit] Sub-species

• Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe stiberi (Gerhard, 1853) – Scandinavia, Urals, Siberia.
• Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe eurydame (Hoffmannsegg, 1806) – Alps.