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LYCAENA HYPOPHLAEAS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America
Synonyms:
American copper; Lycaena hypophlaeas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lycaena hypophlaeas" is a kind of...):
copper (any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings)
Holonyms ("Lycaena hypophlaeas" is a member of...):
genus Lycaena; Lycaena (type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper)