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Species of copper

Lycaena tama
A photo of a Lycaena tama butterfly on some small rocks
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lycaena
Species: L. tama
Binomial name
Lycaena tama
Fereday 1878

Lycaena tama, the Canterbury alpine boulder copper, is a species of copper which lives on the central South Island of New Zealand.

Description

A small butterfly with copper wings and a "marginal series of violet dots". It was named tama as a distinct species by R. W. Fereday after "a traditionary Maori chief of that name."

Range

Lycaena tama lives in the Mackenzie Basin and in the areas around Canterbury. It was first described as being in and around "Drayton Station, on the plains near Mount Hutt; spurs of mountains near Castle Hill Station; and the top of the Mount Hutt range"

Ecology

Lycaena tama uses the host plant pōhuehue.

References

  1. "Canterbury Alpine Boulder Copper (Lycaena tama)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  2. ^ Feredey, R. W. (1877). "Supplementary Description of Species or Varieties of Chrysophani (Lepidoptera rhopalocera) inhabiting New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 10. Wellington, New Zealand: 252–259. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. Henderson, Geoff; Patrick, Brian (2020). "New Zealand's pōhuehue (Muehlenbeckia) – a biodiversity powerhouse with an image problem". Canterbury Botanical Society. 51: 47–57.
Taxon identifiers
Lycaena tama


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