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Erikssonia
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Erikssonia

Erikssonia is a genus of butterflies in the Lycaenidae family. They are found on sandy substrates, though E. edgei appears to be found on more loamy sand than its congeners. They are slow fliers.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Erikssonia cooksoni

speciesErikssonia cooksoni

Erikssonia acraeina

speciesErikssonia acraeina

Waterburg Copper

speciesErikssonia edgei

Erikssonia bouyeri

speciesErikssonia bouyeri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88231.