Lycaena phlaeas

Lycaena phlaeas
	L. p. phlaeus; Extremadura, Spain
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
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".