Lycaena tama
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| Lycaena tama | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Lycaena |
| Species: | L. tama |
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| Lycaena tama Fereday 1878 | |
Lycaena tama, the Canterbury alpine boulder copper, is a species of copper which lives on the central South Island of New Zealand.[1]
A small butterfly with copper wings and a "marginal series of violet dots".[2] It was named tama as a distinct species by R. W. Fereday after "a traditionary Maori chief of that name."[2]
