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 | genus Lycaena |
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Member of | Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae | family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies |
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Members | American copper, Lycaena hypophlaeas | Common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America |
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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 |
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Spanish | genus lycaena, lycaena |
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Catalan | genus lycaena, lycaena |
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