Lycaena boldenarum

Lycaena boldenarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lycaena
Species:
L. boldenarum
Binomial name
Lycaena boldenarum
(White, 1862)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Boldenaria boldenarum (White, 1862)
  • Chrysophanus boldenarum caerulea Salmon, 1946
  • Chrysophanus boldenarum ianthina Salmon, 1946
Lycaena boldenarum, boulder copper
Lycaena boldenarum, boulder copper

Lycaena boldenarum, the boulder copper,[2] is a species of butterfly which is endemic to New Zealand, it is found on both North Island and South Island in a wide variety of open habitats including grassland, shingle and sand dunes. They are normally only active in bright sunny conditions and their flight is usually low to the ground.[2] The boldenarum part of the species name given by the Scottish entomologist Adam White in honour of his first wife, Helen and her sister Frances, whose maiden name was Bolden.[3] It shares the Maori name pepe para riki with two congeners the common copper (Lycaena salustius) and the glade copper (Lycaena feredayi).[4]

  1. ^ a b "Lycaena boldenarum White, 1862". GBIF.org. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Boulder Copper butterfly (Lycaena boldenarum)". Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. ^ "November 4th 1861". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 26. 1861.
  4. ^ "NZ Butterflies". Wordpress.com. 2012-03-15.