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Small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper
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lycaena
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lycaena \Lycaena\ n. The type genus of the Lycaenidae ; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper. Syn: genus Lycaena .
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Lycaena is a butterfly genus .The genus range is Holarctic , with the exception of four species found in New Zealand , two in South Africa , one in New Guinea and one in Java . It is commonly divided into several subgenera, such as Antipodolycaena . Many ...