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Lycaena phlaeas
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"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.
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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Lycaena phlaeas | |
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L. p. phlaeus Extremadura, Spain | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Lycaena |
Species: | L. phlaeas |
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Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
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