• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Lilac-bordered Copper
  English (US)	Nivalis Copper
  Français	Cuivré mauve frangé

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Lycaena nivalis	Boisduval, 1869
  Polyommatus nivalis	Boisduval, 1869

• Tharsalea (Epidemia) nivalis is a member of the clade Lycaena epixanthe:

• Species	Author
  Tharsalea (Epidemia) dorcas	(Kirby, 1837)
  Tharsalea (Epidemia) dospassosi	(McDunnough, 1940)
  Tharsalea (Epidemia) epixanthe	(Boisduval & LeConte, [1835])
  Tharsalea (Epidemia) helloides	(Boisduval, 1852)
  Tharsalea (Epidemia) mariposa	(Reakirt, 1866)
  Tharsalea (Epidemia) nivalis	(Boisduval, 1869)

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	Butterflies and Moths of North America
  	Butterflies of America	A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland
  	Butterflies of Canada
  	North American Moth Photographers Group

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