lycaena

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	blue,
definition	:	any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	copper,
definition	:	any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	american copper, lycaena hypophlaeas,
definition	:	common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family lycaenidae, lycaenidae,
definition	:	family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs (noun.animal)