lycæna

[ Gr.lykaina =a she-wolf.] Entom.: Copper-Butterfly, so called because a bright coppery-red prevails in the wing-coloring, the typical genus of the family Lycænide (q. v.). Lycana phlæas is the Small Copper, and L. dispar , the largest species of the genus is the Large Copper. In L. gordius the metallic hue is strongly glo ed with blue or purple. All European.