Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Lycaenini Lycaena alciphron Lycaena dispar
Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
Balkan Copper

Genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Polyommatus Hübner, [1822]

Synonims (species):
   leonhardi Fruhstorfer, 1917

L. candens (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (female), Florina, 1350m, Greece, June 29, 2009
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
L. candens (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (female), Florina, 1350m, Greece, June 29, 2009
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)

Foodplants:
Rumex of the acetosa group

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