Purple-edged Copper

Purple-edged Copper
Lycaena hippothoe male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lycaena
Species: L. hippothoe
Binomial name
Lycaena hippothoe
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms

Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe

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

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