Biology:Lycaena gorgon

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Lycaena gorgon
COPPER, GORGON (Lycaena gorgon) (6-15-2014) fr 19N01, thompson ridge, 4 m n-e of happy camp, siskiyou co, ca -05 (14590050136).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lycaena
Species:
L. gorgon
Binomial name
Lycaena gorgon
(Boisduval, 1852)

Lycaena gorgon, known generally as the gorgon copper or stream water-crowfoot, is a species of copper in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Lycaena gorgon is 4255.[4]

Gorgon copper, Lycaena gorgon

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Lycaena gorgon:

  • Lycaena gorgon dorothea J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998
  • Lycaena gorgon gorgon (Boisduval, 1852)
  • Lycaena gorgon jacquelineae J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998
  • Lycaena gorgon micropunctata J. Emmel & Pratt in T. Emmel, 1998

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13486872 entry