Lycaena: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Lycaena
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Lycaena
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lycaena
Lycaena is a genus of butterflies. The genus range is Holarctic, with the exception of four species found in New Zealand, two in South Africa, one in New Guinea and one in Java. It is commonly divided into several subgenera, such as Antipodolycaena. Many formerly independent genera are now subsumed within Lycaena; the genus Gaiedes may also belong here. Many of the subgenera, species groups and species listed here may be synonyms.
...Lycaena in languages:
- Chinese
- 灰蝶屬
- Czech
- ohniváček
- English
- Lycaena butterflies
- Estonian
- Kuldtiivad
- Finnish
- kultasiivet
- German
- Dukaten- & Feuerfalter
- Japanese
- ベニシジミ属
- Japanese
- ベニシジミ亜属
- Korean
- 주홍부전나비속
- Lithuanian
- Auksinukai
- Polish
- Czerwończyk
- Portuguese
- Acobreadas
- Russian
- Червонцы
- Turkish
- Bakırlar
- Ukrainian
- Дукачик
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Parent Taxon
Child Taxa
- Lycaena
- Lycaena 'canterbury common copper'
- Lycaena alciphron
- Lycaena argentina
- Lycaena asabinus
- Lycaena bleusei
- Lycaena boldenarum
- Lycaena caerulea
- Lycaena candens
- Lycaena clarki
- Lycaena dispar
- Lycaena edna
- Lycaena enysii
- Lycaena feredayi
- Lycaena helle
- Lycaena hibernica
- Lycaena hippothoe
- Lycaena irmae
- Lycaena kasyapa
- Lycaena kurdistanica
- Lycaena li
- Lycaena margelanica
- Lycaena mela
- Lycaena mithridates
- Lycaena ochimus
- Lycaena orus
- Lycaena ottomanus
- Lycaena panava
- Lycaena pang
- Lycaena phiala
- Lycaena phoebus
- Lycaena primus
- Lycaena rauparaha
- Lycaena salustius
- Lycaena solskyi
- Lycaena splendens
- Lycaena standfussi
- Lycaena svenhedini
- Lycaena tama
- Lycaena theages
- Lycaena thersamon
- Lycaena thetis
- Lycaena thoe
- Lycaena tityrus
- Lycaena tseng
- Lycaena violacea
- Lycaena virgaureae
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