Interesting Facts
Description
Subfamily Lycaeninae
Coppers are members of the Family Lycaenidae. They are found in sunny, open habitats throughout the temperate zone, with 50 species found in Eurasia and North America. One isolated species lives on volcanoes in Guatemala, and a few species live in New Guinea, New Zealand, and northern Africa. No species are known migrants, but several are local colonists . Coppers typically have upper wing surfaces that are iridescent purple or red-orange, but some North American species are blue, brown, or gray. Males perch and interact with other males while awaiting receptive females. Most species have a single brood and overwinter as eggs or as first instar caterpillars within the egg. The caterpillars feed on leaves of host plants , which in North America are docks, knotweeds, buckwheats, cinquefoils, gooseberries, currants, or redberry.[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Family:
Papilionoidea
()
- Subfamily:
Lycaeninae
()
- Coppers
- Genus:
Udara
()
- Specific name:
antonia
- Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
- Scientific name: - Udara antonia Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
- Specific name:
antonia
- Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983
- Genus:
Udara
(
- Subfamily:
Lycaeninae
(
- Family:
Papilionoidea
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Udara
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Release date: June 15, 2005
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6796133
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-206616.0
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1612139
Footnotes
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Arota&search=Search [back]
