Neolycaena rhymnus

Neolycaena rhymnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Neolycaena
Species: N. rhymnus
Binomial name
Neolycaena rhymnus
(Eversmann, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena rhymnus Eversmann, 1832
  • Neolycaena betpakdalensis Zhdanko, 1998
  • Neolycaena rufina Lukhtanov, 1994

Neolycaena rhymnus is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Ukraine and southern and central Russia to the southern Ural mountains, Zauralye, the western and southern Altai Region, the Sayan mountains and Kazakhstan.

Adults are on wing from late May to mid June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Caragana frutex.

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