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Lycaena salustius (Common copper)

Synonyms: Hesperia salustius; Lycaena edna

Wikipedia Abstract

The common copper (Lycaena salustius) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in New Zealand. The wingspan is 24–35 mm. Adults are on wing from October to April. The larvae feed on Muehlenbeckia species.
View Wikipedia Record: Lycaena salustius

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.102 inches (.028 m)

Prey / Diet

Muehlenbeckia australis (muehlenbeckia)[2]
Muehlenbeckia axillaris (sprawling wirevine)[2]
Muehlenbeckia complexa (maidenhair vine)[2]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)[3]
Leptospermum scoparium (Mānuka or Tea tree)[3]
Trifolium repens (Ladino Clover)[3]
Veronica decora[3]
Veronica salicifolia[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1BUTTERFLIES OF AUCKLAND, D.R. Cowley and J.M. Cowley, TANE 29, 1983, pp. 181-192
♦ 2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0