Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

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Pl. 132.

LYCÆNA Dispar.

LYCÆNA dispar.

The Large British Copper.

Family Erycinidæ. Sub-family Theclinæ. Sw. Genus Polyommatus.

Generic Character.

Wings (typically) obtuse, rounded; anterior having the external margin shorter than the posterior: posterior wings entire or nearly so: destitute both of filiform caudal appendages, and of metallic anal spots. Nob.