| Lycaena phlaeas | (Linnaeus, 1761) |
TL: Sweden, Västmanland (4200 m.)
The upperside forewings are a bright orange with a dark outside edge border and with eight or nine black spots. The hindwings are dark with an orange border. Some females also have a row of blue spots inside the orange border and are known as form caeruleopunctata. The undersides are patterned in a similar way but are paler. The black spots on the forewings are outlined in yellow and the dark colouring is replaced by a pale brownish grey. The hindwings are the same brown/grey colour with small black dots and a narrow orange border.
Habitat
- Fallow land
- Field boundary strips
- Glades
- Ruderal areas
Similar species
25-30 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
CatalàCoure comú 
ČeskyOhniváček černokřídlý 
DanskLille ildfugl 
DeutschKleiner Feuerfalter 
Eesti keelLeek-kuldtiib 
EnglishSmall Copper 
EspañolManto bicolor 
FrançaisCuivré commun 
HrvatskiMali vatreni plavac 
ItalianoArgo bronzato 
LatviešuParastais zeltainītis 
LietuviųMažasis auksinukas 
MagyarKözönséges tüzlepke 
NederlandsKleine vuurvlinder 
NorskIldgullvinge 
PolskiCzerwończyk żarek 
ShqipFlakëroshja e artë 
SlovenčinaOhniváčik čiernokrídly 
SrpskiMali dukat 
SuomeksiPikkukultasiipi 
SvenskaMindre guldvinge 
TürkçeBeneklibakýrgüzeli 
ΕλληνικάΚοινή χαλκούχα λυκαένα 
РусскийЧервонец пятнистый 
ქართულიმუქ-წითელა მრავალთვალა 
中文紅灰蝶 
日本語ベニシジミ 
한국어작은주홍부전나비 
ייִדישכחליל ארכובית
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Polygalaceae Rumex arifolius Polygonaceae Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Polygonaceae Rumex acetosella Sheep's Sorrel Polygonaceae Rumex crispus Curly Dock Polygonaceae Rumex lunaria Canary Island Sorrel Polygonaceae Rumex obtusifolius Broad-leaved Dock Polygonaceae Rumex patientia Patience dock Polygonaceae Rumex pulcher Fiddle dock Polygonaceae Rumex roseus Polygonaceae Rumex vesicarius Ruby dock
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Lycaena phlaeoides Staudinger, 1901 Lycaena polaris Courvoisier, 1911
- Subspecies
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Species Author Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas abbottii (Holland, 1892) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas arctodon Ferris, 1974 Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas baralacha Moore, 1884 Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas chinensis (C. Felder, 1862) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas eleus (Fabricius, 1798) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas ethiopica (Poulton, 1922) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas feildeni (McLachlan, 1878) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas flavens (Ford, 1924) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas hypophlaeas (Boisduval, 1852) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas indica (Evans, 1925) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas pseudophlaeas (Lucas, 1866) Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas shima Gabriel, 1954 Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas stygiana Butler, 1880 Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas timeus Cramer, 1779
- Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas is a member of the clade Lycaena phlaeas:
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Species Author Lycaena (Lycaena) cupreus (W.H. Edwards, 1870) Lycaena (Lycaena) kiyokoae Sakai, 1978 Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761) Lycaena (Lycaena) sichuanica Bozano & Weidenhoffer, 2001
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database British Butterflies Steven Cheshire Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson Butterflies of America A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland Butterflies of India Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy Butterfly Conservation Armenia euroButterflies Matt Rowling Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger North American Moth Photographers Group Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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