Acrodipsas cuprea
Species of butterfly
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Acrodipsas cuprea, the copper ant-blue or cuprea ant-blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia, from southern Queensland to Victoria.
| Acrodipsas cuprea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Acrodipsas |
| Species: | A. cuprea |
| Binomial name | |
| Acrodipsas cuprea Sands, 1965 | |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on the larvae of Crematogaster ant species.