Lycaena candens is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Southeast Europe and Caucasus) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Subspecies
- L. c. leonhardi (Fruhstorfer, 1917)
- L. c. pfeifferi (Beuret, 1952) Caucasus, Transcaucasia
Description from Seitz
The males have no blue sheen and the forewing above is entirely golden brown in the females; the black margin of the upperside is narrower in both sexes.[2]
Biology
The larva on feeds on Rumex
See also
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