Lycaena tityrus | (Poda, 1761) |
TL: Austria, Graz (2400 m.)
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Male above black-brown, with a magnificent metallic green gloss when alive, with black spots corresponding to those of the underside and with a very thin reddish lunate line before the margin of the hindwing. Female above similar to Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas, but paler yellow, and with a very thin black edge instead of a broad black marginal band. Beneath yellowish grey, with very numerous black ocelli and small russet-red spots before the margin.
Throughout Europe, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, with the exception of Great Britain; also in Asia Minor.
Throughout Europe, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, with the exception of Great Britain; also in Asia Minor.
![]() | A little butterfly which can be find in the fields and others little places in which there are many flowers. This butterfly flies very fast. |
![]() | A tiny egg, quite grey. It looks like an sponge or a golf ball. |
Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Fallow land
- Forest edges
- Glades
- Railway lines and embankments
- Waysides
28 - 30 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name Armenian
Տիտիրուս կապտաթիթեռ Català
Coure fosc Česky
Ohniváček černoskvrnný Dansk
Sort ildfugl Deutsch
Brauner Feuerfalter Eesti keel
Pruun-kuldtiib English
Sooty Copper Español
Manto oscuro Français
Cuivré fuligineux Hrvatski
Točkasti vatreni plavac Italiano
Titiro Latviešu
Brūnais zeltainītis Lietuvių
Tamsusis auksinukas Magyar
Barna tüzlepke Nederlands
Bruine vuurvlinder Polski
Czerwończyk uroczek Shqip
Flakëroshja e errët Slovenčina
Ohniváčik čiernoškvrnný Srpski
Tamni dukat Suomeksi
Tanskankultasiipi Svenska
Dansk Guldvinge Türkçe
Ýslibakýrgüzeli Ελληνικά
Αιθαλώδης χαλκούχα λυκαένα Русский
Червонец Титир 中文
提貉灰蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Polygonaceae Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Polygonaceae Rumex acetosella Sheep's Sorrel
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- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Heodes dorilis Hufnagel, 1766
- Subspecies
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Species Author Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus subalpinus Speyer, 1851 Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus tityrus (Poda, 1761)
- Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus is a member of the clade Lycaena virgaureae:
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Species Author Lycaena (Heodes) bleusei (Oberthür, 1884) Lycaena (Heodes) ottomanus (Lefèbvre, 1831) Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus (Poda, 1761) Lycaena (Heodes) virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758) Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterfly Conservation Armenia euroButterflies Matt Rowling Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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