LYCAENA HELLE
| English name: | Violet Copper |
| Norwegian name: | Fiolett gullvinge |
| Auctor: | ([Denis & Schiffermüller], [1775]) |
| Original description: | in Syst. Werke Schmett. Wienergegend : 181. |
| Syn.: | amphidamas (Esper, 1780) |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Vienna, Austria. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | L. h. lapponica. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Central and North Europe, through Siberia to Amur, Ussuri, Mongolia, |
| E Kazakhstan, China and North Korea. | |
| Etymology: | Helle, daughter of Athamas and Nephele, was goddess of Hellespont Sea (Greek mythology). |
L. helle lapponica | |
| Auctor: | (Backhaus, 1876) |
| Original description: | in Entomol. Monatsbl. I:40 |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | - - - |
| Distribution in Norway: | Southeast Norway and nr Narvik, Nordland fylke. |
| Found once in Finnmark fylke (1924), | |
| Notes: | A rare species in Norway. |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | lapponica = of Lapland. |
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LYCAENA HELLE LAPPONICA |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 70 | ON | Lesja | 10-JUN-1986 | Torbjørn Pedersen | TN | m |
| 2 | 79 | STI | Oppdal | 07-JUN-1979 | Torbjørn Pedersen | TN | m (ventral view) |
| 3 | Sweden | Jämtland | Krokom | 08-JUL-1998 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f |
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