Balkan Copper

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Lycaena candens

Balkan Copper, a reference photo
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Lycaena candens is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Southeast Europe and Caucasus) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Balkan Copper being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Lycaena
Species
Lycaena candens

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