Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier text Zootaxa 2015 4043 1 1 69 journal article 36591 10.11646/zootaxa.4043.1.1 d2ac6b28-d058-4646-888c-9f2d4f0fd4a1 1175-5326 289993 5CB5D7F3-6C3D-4D55-BBDB-FC0C3274477F Cotesia cuprea (Lyle, 1925) Distribution in Iran . Lorestan ( Ghahari et al. 2012b ). Distribution outside Iran . Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , former Czechoslovakia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Lithuania , Mongolia , Netherlands , Poland , Romania , Spain , Switzerland , Turkey , UK ( Yu et al. 2012 ). Host records. Gregarious parasitoid of Lycaena phlaeas , it has been also bred from Lycaena helle in Germany , Plebejus argus in France and Lampides boeticus ( Nixon 1974 ; Yu et al. 2012 ), Lycaena dispar , L. thersamon , Plebejus ( Vacciniina ) optilete , Polyommatus icarus , Zizeeria knysna ( Yu et al. 2012 ) . Çikman and Uygun (2003) reported this species from Chromatomyia horticola and Liriomyza trifolii .