Lycaena candens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1844)
![Lycaena candens: Male (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_m2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Male (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Male (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_2m2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Male (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Male (Bulgaria, Rila mountains, 1800m asl, late July 2013) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candcens_im2013.jpg "Lycaena candens: Male (Bulgaria, Rila mountains, 1800m asl, late July 2013) [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Adult (Bulgaria, Rila mountains, 1800m asl, late July 2013) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_2im2013.jpg "Lycaena candens: Adult (Bulgaria, Rila mountains, 1800m asl, late July 2013) [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Female (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_w2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Female (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Female (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_2w2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Female (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Female (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_3w2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Female (Northern Greece, 2100m above sea level, July 2010) [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Egg (Bulgaria, Rila, late July 2013) [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candcens_ei2013.jpg "Lycaena candens: Egg (Bulgaria, Rila, late July 2013) [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Ovum [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_ei2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Ovum [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Young larva (e.o. Rila mountains 2013) [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candcens_rpe2013.jpg "Lycaena candens: Young larva (e.o. Rila mountains 2013) [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Young larva [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_jrpe2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Young larva [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Half-grown larva (e.o. Rila mountains 2013) [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candcens_2rpe2013.jpg "Lycaena candens: Half-grown larva (e.o. Rila mountains 2013) [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Half-grown larva [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_hrpe2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Half-grown larva [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Larva [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_rpe2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Larva [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Larva [S]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_2rpe2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Larva [S]")
![Lycaena candens: Habitat in the northern Greek Mount Voras in above 2000m above sea level, July 2010 [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candens_h2010.jpg "Lycaena candens: Habitat in the northern Greek Mount Voras in above 2000m above sea level, July 2010 [N]")
![Lycaena candens: Habitat in the Bulgarian Rila mountains in late July 2013) [N]](bilder1/lycaenidae/candcens_h2013.jpg "Lycaena candens: Habitat in the Bulgarian Rila mountains in late July 2013) [N]")
Host plants:
The caterpillar feeds on Rumex species (Rumex acetosa and related species).
Habitat:
Lycaena candens inhabits forest meadows, glades, alpine meadows with mountain streams and sunny slopes from 900m to 2400m above sea level.
Life cycle:
The young caterpillar overwinters and is mature in May or early June. The moths fly from late June to early or mid-August.
Remarks:
Lycaena candens is very similar to Lycaena hippothoe and can be separated only through the genitals. The distribution areas are exclusive, however: Lycaena candens is found only on the southern Balkan Peninsula from southern Serbia across Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria to Central Greece.
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