TL: [Turkey] (900 - 3200 m.)
Similar species
28-34 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
ArmenianԿանդենս կապտաթիթեռ
EnglishBalkan Copper
FrançaisCuivré turc
HrvatskiBalkanski plavac
PolskiCzerwończyk kandens
ShqipFlakëroshja e Ballkanit
SrpskiBalkanski dukat
SrpskiБалкански дукат
SuomeksiBalkaninkultasiipi
TürkçeAteţbakýrgüzeli
ΕλληνικάΒαλκανική χαλκούχα λυκαένα
БългарскиСиневка
РусскийЧервонец чистый
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Polygonaceae Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Lycaena hippothoe candens Herrich-Schäffer, 1844 Polyommatus candens Herrich-Schäffer, 1844
- Subspecies
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Species Author Lycaena (Heodes) candens candens (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844]) Lycaena (Heodes) candens leonhardi (Fruhstorfer, 1917) Lycaena (Heodes) candens pfeifferi (Beuret, 1952)
- Lycaena (Heodes) candens is a member of the clade Lycaena hippothoe:
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Species Author Lycaena (Heodes) candens (Herrich-Schäffer, [1844]) Lycaena (Heodes) hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Links
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Language Website Authors
Butterflies of Bulgaria Zdravko Kolev
Butterfly Conservation Armenia
euroButterflies Matt Rowling
Lepidoptera Caucasi Валентин Тихонов
Lepiforum e. V.
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