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title: "Scarce Copper"
description: "Lycaena virgaureae — Insetos e aranhas. The scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae (copper or gossamer-winged butterflies)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/scarce-copper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scarce Copper

> Lycaena virgaureae — Insetos e aranhas. The scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae (copper or gossamer-winged butterflies).

- Scientific name: *Lycaena virgaureae*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 17478
- Wikidata: [Q520934](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520934)
- iNaturalist taxon: [147078](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/147078)

## Names

- en: Scarce Copper
- de: Dukaten-Feuerfalter
- es: Manto de Oro
- fr: Cuivré de la Verge d'or
- nl: Morgenrood
- pl: Czerwończyk dukacik

## Countries with the most observations

RU (2729), FR (1827), IT (1798), FI (1290), PL (1276), DK (1236), ES (1086), LT (815), CH (798), DE (796), AT (559), SE (543)

## Summary

The scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae (copper or gossamer-winged butterflies).

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

## Photo

![Scarce Copper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/scarce-copper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tobias Schönberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180417863

## Machine access

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