• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  Armenian	Ալցիֆրոն կապտաթիթեռ
  Català	Coure tornassol
  Česky	Ohniváček modrolesklý
  Dansk	Violet ildfugl
  Deutsch	Violetter Feuerfalter
  Eesti keel	Siniläik-kuldtiib
  English	Purple-shot Copper
  Español	Manto Púrpura
  Français	Cuivré mauvin
  Hrvatski	Ljubičasti vatreni plavac
  Italiano	Alcifrone
  Latviešu	Violetais zeltainītis
  Lietuvių	Čiobrelinis auksinukas
  Magyar	Ibolyás tűzlepke
  Nederlands	Violette vuurvlinder
  Polski	Czerwończyk zamgleniec
  Shqip	Flakëroshja verdhoshe
  Slovenčina	Ohniváčik modrolesklý
  Srpski	Bakrenac
  Suomeksi	Purppurakultasiipi
  Svenska	Stor violett guldvinge
  Türkçe	Büyük Morbakýrgüzeli
  Ελληνικά	Μελανιασμένη χαλκούχα λυκαένα
  Русский	Червонец альцифрон
  Русский	Червонец фиолетовый
  Українська	Дукачик фіялковий
  ქართული	ალისფერი მრავალთვალა
  中文	尖翅貉灰蝶

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Lycaena gordius	Sulzer, 1776
  Lycaena melibaeus	Staudinger, 1878

• Subspecies

• Species	Author
  Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron acutipennis	Chou & Zhang, 1994
  Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron alciphron	(Rottemburg, 1775)
  Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron gordius	(Sulzer, 1776)
  Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron heracleana	(Blachier, 1908)
  Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron melibaeus	(Staudinger, 1878)
  Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron naryna	(Oberthür, 1910)

• Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron is a member of the clade Lycaena virgaureae:

• Species	Author
  Lycaena (Heodes) bleusei	(Oberthür, 1884)
  Lycaena (Heodes) ottomanus	(Lefèbvre, 1831)
  Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus	(Poda, 1761)
  Lycaena (Heodes) virgaureae	(Linnaeus, 1758)
  Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron	(Rottemburg, 1775)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Butterfly Conservation Armenia
  	euroButterflies	Matt Rowling
  	Lepidoptera and their ecology	Wolfgang Wagner
  	Lepiforum e. V.
  	Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa	Paolo Mazzei
  	Plants parasites of Europe	Willem N. Ellis
  	Schmetterling - Raupe	Walter Schön
  	UK Butterflies	Peter Eeles

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