---
title: "Small Copper"
description: "Lycaena phlaeas — Insetos e aranhas. Lycaena phlaeas, the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/small-copper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Small Copper

> Lycaena phlaeas — Insetos e aranhas. Lycaena phlaeas, the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family.

- Scientific name: *Lycaena phlaeas*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 79391
- Wikidata: [Q740169](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q740169)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55655](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55655)

## Names

- en: Small Copper
- de: Kleiner Feuerfalter
- es: Manto bicolor
- fr: Cuivré commun
- nl: Kleine vuurvlinder
- pl: Czerwończyk żarek

## Countries with the most observations

GB (11837), DE (8984), IT (7311), FR (7306), ES (6758), DK (4703), PT (2902), JP (2895), PL (2277), FI (2126), NL (2033), AT (1804)

## Summary

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".

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Teresa Prandi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/313351395

## Machine access

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