Lycaena virgaureae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Lycaeninae
Genus: Lycaena
Species: Lycaena virgaureae

Name

Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: Europe, ["Sibiria"].

Typus: BMNH

Synonymy

• Papilio virgaureae Linnaeus, 1758: 484, Pl.76a; 1761: 285, #1079.
• Chrysophanus lunulata Courvoisier, 1903: 19
• Chrysophanus virgaureae virgaureae [Linnaeus]; Seitz, [1908]: 281.
• Lycaena heodes virgaureae [Linnaeus]; Bridges, 1994: VIII.488, IX.67 (with many more synonymies).

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Courvoisier, L.G., 1903. Ueber Aberration en bei Lycaeniden. Mitteilungen der schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft 11(1): 18-25. BHL. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna Svecica sistens animalia Sveciæ Regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Laurentii Salvii (Stockholm). 578 pp. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.46380 Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1906–1927. Die Palaearktischen Tagfalter. Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 1: 8–379, Text Plates Reference page. 

Links

• Lepindex
• Lycaena virgaureae Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• funet.fi

Vernacular names

العربية: فراشة النحاس النادر
català: Coure roent
čeština: Ohniváček celíkový
Cymraeg: Copor prin
dansk: Dukatsommerfugl
Deutsch: Dukatenfalter
English: Scarce copper
español: Lycaena virgaureae
suomi: Loistokultasiipi
français: Cuivré de la verge-d'or
magyar: Aranyos tűzlepke, arany tűzlepke
lietuvių: Ugninis auksinukas
Nederlands: Morgenrood
norsk: Oransjegullvinge
polski: Czerwończyk dukacik
پنجابی: اڈدی اگ
русский: Червонец огненный
svenska: Vitfläckig guldvinge

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