Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)

Common names

🇬🇧 Small Copper
🇫🇷 Cuivré commun, Argus bronzé, Bronzé

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Lycaeninae
Tribe: Lycaenini
Genus: Lycaena
Species: Lycaena phlaeas

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/lycaena-phlaeas.webp — Lycaena phlaeas foraging on a flower of Mentha suaveolens

img/lycaena-phlaeas-6.webp — Lycaena phlaeas foraging on a flower of Mentha suaveolens

img/lycaena-phlaeas-5.webp — Lycaena phlaeas foraging on a flower of Pulicaria dysenterica

img/lycaena-phlaeas-2.webp — Lycaena phlaeas foraging on a flower of Mentha suaveolens

img/lycaena-phlaeas-3.webp — Lycaena phlaeas

img/lycaena-phlaeas-4.webp — Lycaena phlaeas

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Lycaena phlaeas (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174198/7027358