| NOUN | animal | genus Lycaena, Lycaena | type genus of the Lycaenidae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper. | |
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| Synonym | Lycaena | |
| Member of | Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae | family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies |
| Members | American copper, Lycaena hypophlaeas | Common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America |
| blue | Any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae | |
| copper | Any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings | |
| Broader | arthropod genus | A genus of arthropods |
| Spanish | genus lycaena, lycaena | |
| Catalan | genus lycaena, lycaena | |
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