Lycaena

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The type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper.

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Lycaena - type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper genus Lycaena arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods family Lycaenidae, Lycaenidae - family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs blue - any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae copper - any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings American copper, Lycaena hypophlaeas - common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America