"Common copper" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Lycaena salustius.
"Small copper" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Lucia limbaria.
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Lycaena phlaeas
L. p. phlaeus Extremadura, Spain
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Lycaena
Species:
L. phlaeas
Binomial name
Lycaena phlaeas
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonymy
Papilio phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761
Papilio timeus Cramer, [1777]
Papilio virgaureae Scopoli, 1763
Lycaena phlaeas aestivus Zeller, 1847
Polyommatus turcicus Gerhard, 1853
Heodes hyperborea Ford, 1924
Chrysophanus phloeas feildeni McLachlan, 1878
Heodes phlaeas coccineus Ford, 1924
Heodes phlaeas flavens Ford, 1924
Heodes ethiopica Poulton, 1922
Lycaena phlaeas f. polaris Courvoisier, 1911
Lycaena phlaeus chinensis ab. kurilensis Matsumura, 1928
Heodes kuriliphlaeas Bryk, 1942
Chrysophanus arethusa Dod, 1907
Chrysophanus abbottii Holland, 1892
Chrysophanus abbottii Holland, 1896
Polyommatus phlaeas var. comedarum Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Polyommatus phlaeas var. oxiana Grum-Grshimailo, 1890
Polyommatus turanica Rühl, 1895
Lycaena phlaeas f. naruena Courvoisier, 1911
Heodes coccineus Ford, 1924
Chrysophanus pseudophlaeas Lucas, 1866
Chrysophanus phlaeas var. menelicki Thierry-Mieg, 1910
Heodes matsumuranus Bryk, 1946
Polyommatus hypophlaeas Boisduval, 1852
Lycaena americana Harris, 1862
Chrysophanus phlaeas var. americana ab. fasciata Strecker, 1878
Chrysophanus americanus ab. fulliolus Hulst, 1886
Lycaena bacchus Scudder, 1889
Heodes hypophlaeas ab. obliterata Scudder, 1889
Chrysophanus phlaeas adrienne Maynard, 1891
Heodes hypophlaeas f. caeca Reiff, 1913
Chrysophanus hypohplaeas ab. octomaculata Dean, 1918
Heodes hypophlaeas hypophlaeas ab. banksi Watson & Comstock, 1920
Heodes hypophlaeas ab. fulvus Rummel, 1929
Heodes hypophlaeas ab. neui Rummel, 1929
Hesperia eleus Fabricius, 1798
Lycaena phlaeas f. caerulopunctata Rühl, 1895
Chrysophanus phlaeas ab. oberthuri Blachier, 1908
Lycaena shima Gabriel, 1954
Lycaena phlaeas, the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family. According to Guppy and Shepard (2001), its specific name phlaeas is said to be derived either from the Greek φλέγω (phlégo), "to burn up", or from the Latin floreo, "to flourish".
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