Biology:Lycaena phoebus
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Lycaena phoebus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lycaenidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lycaena |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">L. phoebus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycaena phoebus (Blachier, 1905)[1]
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Lycaena phoebus, the Moroccan copper, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It flies according to the place from April to September or simply from August to September in a variable number of generations. Its host plant is Polygonum aviculare in the High Atlas and possibly Polygonum equisetiforme in the Anti-Atlas. The biotope is flowery meadow.
References
- ↑ Blachier, C.T.,1908 Lépidoptères du Maroc - Remarque sur diverses espèces et descriptions de variétés nouvelles Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 77 (2) : 209-222
- Tom Tolman et Richard Lewington (trad. de l'anglais), ‘’Papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord’’, Paris, Delachaux et Niestlé, 2014, 382 p. (ISBN 978-2-603-02045-6).
- Tennent, J., 1996 The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia Gem Publishing Co ISBN 9780906802052
- Delacre, J. and Tarrier, M. 2008 Les Papillons de Jour du Maroc Un Guide d'Identification et de Bioindication ISBN 9782914817165
Wikidata ☰ Q1479779 entry
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