Lycaena candens is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Southeast Europe and Caucasus) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Subspecies L. c. leonhardi (Fruhstorfer, 1917) L. c. pfeifferi (Beuret, 1952) Caucasus, Transcaucasia
Description from Seitz
The males have no blue sheen and the forewing above is entirely golden brown in the females; the black margin of the upperside is narrower in both sexes.Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
Biology The larva on feeds on Rumex
See also List of butterflies of Russia
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