---
title: "Grote vuurvlinder"
description: "Lycaena dispar — Insecten en spinnen. Large copper (Lycaena dispar) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/large-copper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grote vuurvlinder

> Lycaena dispar — Insecten en spinnen. Large copper (Lycaena dispar) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Lycaena dispar*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10311
- Wikidata: [Q378360](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q378360)
- iNaturalist taxon: [104875](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/104875)

## Names

- en: Large Copper
- de: Großer Feuerfalter
- es: Manto Grande
- fr: Cuivré des marais
- nl: Grote vuurvlinder
- pl: Czerwończyk nieparek

## Countries with the most observations

RU (2244), IT (1188), AT (1054), PL (758), UA (733), KR (518), CZ (485), FR (368), RO (353), LT (338), DE (309), HU (260)

## Summary

Large copper (Lycaena dispar) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Lycaena dispar is widely distributed across temperate Eurasia from western Europe to the Amur region, Korea and Manchuria. While it is currently in severe decline in north-western Europe, it is expanding in central, northern and eastern regions.
Three European subspecies are commonly recognized: L. dispar dispar (single-brooded), the now-extinct English subspecies; L. d. batavus (usually single-brooded), the Dutch subspecies; and L. d. rutilus (double-brooded), which is widespread across the rest of the continent. Several Asian subspecies extend…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_copper

## Photo

![Grote vuurvlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-copper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119328582

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-copper?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).