Lycaenidae Lycaeninae Lycaenini Cigaritis zohra Lycaena candens
Lycaena alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
Purple-shot Copper
Genus: Lycaena Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758
Synonims (species):
   gordius Sulzer, 1776
   melibaeus Staudinger, 1878
L. alciphron (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, July 1999
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. alciphron (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Lator-Valley, Hungary, May 27, 2002
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
L. alciphron (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Aggtelek-camping, Hungary, June 8, 2002
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
L. alciphron (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, June 2001
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. alciphron (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
Adult (male), Almaceda, Castelo Branco, Portugal, May 24, 2002
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
L. alciphron (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, June 2001
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. alciphron (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (female laying eggs), Lator-Valley, Hungary, May 27, 2002
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
L. alciphron (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, May 2001
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
L. alciphron (© Paolo Mazzei)
Pupa, Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, June 2001
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
Foodplants:
Rumex
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