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Lycaena dispar Haw. (Large Copper)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Revels, R., 2007, A mating pair of Large Copper butterflies, British Wildlife, Volume 18, No 6: 417 (Colour photograph) A mating pair of Large Copper butterflies

Lycaena dispar may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lycaena dispar:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe vulgaris - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Lycaena dispar may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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