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Lycaena tama (Canterbury alpine boulder copper) is a small endemic butterfly with > 11 mm forewing length. It inhabits alpine areas in Canterbury and the Mackenzie basin. Adults fly during October to April. The larval host plant is the Muehlenbeckia species (pohuehue). | Lycaena tama (Canterbury alpine boulder copper) is a small endemic butterfly with > 11 mm forewing length. It inhabits alpine areas in Canterbury and the Mackenzie basin. Adults fly during October to April. The larval host plant is the Muehlenbeckia species (pohuehue). | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:44, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
Tribe: Lycaenini
Genus: Lycaena
Species: L. tama
Binominal name: Lycaena tama
Common name: Canterbury alpine boulder copper
Lycaena tama (Canterbury alpine boulder copper) is a small endemic butterfly with > 11 mm forewing length. It inhabits alpine areas in Canterbury and the Mackenzie basin. Adults fly during October to April. The larval host plant is the Muehlenbeckia species (pohuehue).
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/