Summary description from Wikipedia:

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

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Parent Taxon

• Lycaenidae

Sibling Taxa

• Athamanthia
• Boldenaria
• Hyrcanana
• Iophanus
• Lycaena
• Tharsalea

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
• Phoenicurusia

Top Observation Places

• North Shore
• New Plymouth
• Nelson
• Dunedin
• Wellington
• Lower Hutt
• Porirua
• Christchurch