| Lycaena phoebus | Blachier, 1905 |
TL: Marocco, Atlas Mts.
21 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishMoroccan Copper 
FrançaisCuivré de l'Atlas 
NederlandsMarokkaanse Vuurvlinder
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Polygonaceae Polygonum aviculare Common Knotgrass
- Lycaena (Thersamonia) phoebus is a member of the clade Lycaena thersamon:
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Species Author Lycaena (Thersamonia) aditya (Moore, 1874) Lycaena (Thersamonia) alaica (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Lycaena (Thersamonia) alpherakii (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) Lycaena (Thersamonia) asabinus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) Lycaena (Thersamonia) lampon (Lederer, 1870) Lycaena (Thersamonia) lamponides (Staudinger, 1901) Lycaena (Thersamonia) ochimus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]) Lycaena (Thersamonia) phoebus Blachier, 1905 Lycaena (Thersamonia) solskyi Erschoff, 1874 Lycaena (Thersamonia) thersamon (Esper, [1784]) Lycaena (Thersamonia) thetis Klug, 1834
- Links
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Language Website Authors 
Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei
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