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