Lycaenidae

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Lycaenidae - family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegsfamily Lycaenidaearthropod family - any of the arthropodsLepidoptera, order Lepidoptera - moths and butterflieslycaenid, lycaenid butterfly - any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidaegenus Lycaena, Lycaena - type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or coppergenus Strymon, Strymon - large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies

Lycaenidae

[lī′sēn·ə‚dē] (invertebrate zoology) A family of heteroneuran lepidopteran insects in the superfamily Papilionoidea including blue, gossamer, hairstreak, copper, and metalmark butterflies.

Lycaenidae

a family of diurnal butterflies. Their wing-spread is 2 to 4 cm. In the male the wings are light blue, dark blue, green, or orange-red, sometimes with considerable glitter; the females’ wings are brown. Occasionally the wings are the same in both sexes. Underneath, the wings are grayish with rows of small eyelike spots. There are more than 2,500 species, of which up to 500 are found in the moderate latitudes of the northern hemisphere. Some 60 species are known in the European part of the USSR. The caterpillars feed on broad-leaved trees (Thecla), grassy Polygonaceae (Chrysophanus), or legumes (various Lycaenidae). In some species the caterpillars are carnivores, eating aphids and scale insects. Lycaenidae do not cause great damage to crops.

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noun family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies

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