Lycaena edna
Species of butterfly
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Lycaena edna, or Maui's copper,[1] is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand. It is known in the Māori language as pepe para riki, a name that is shared with a few other members of the genus Lycaena native to New Zealand, including the closely related coastal copper.
| Lycaena edna | |
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| A copper butterfly on a leaf. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lycaena |
| Species: | L. edna |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycaena edna Doubleday, 1843 | |
The larvae feed on Muehlenbeckia species.[3]
