Lycaena phlaeas

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q740169
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Summary

Lycaena phlaeas is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,359 views/month, #1,560 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Lycaena[4]
  • Taxon name: Lycaena phlaeas[5]
  • Commons category: Lycaena phlaeas[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lycaena phlaeas[7]
  • Commons gallery: Lycaena phlaeas[8]
  • Original combination: Papilio phlaeas[9]
  • Taxon common name: copor bach[10], kleine vuurvlinder[11], small copper[12], American copper[13], common copper[14], ohniváček černokřídlý[15], bronzé[16], Kleiner Feuerfalter[17], pikkukultasiipi[18], ildgullvinge[19], 红灰蝶[20], Klenge Feierfalter[21], mali cekinček[22]
  • Wingspan: 25.5 millimetre[23]
  • Has host: Rumex acetosa[24], Rumex acetosella[25], Rumex crispus[26], Rumex nepalensis[27], Oxyria digyna[28], Rumex longifolius[29], Rumex[30], Rumex bequaertii[31]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[32]

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Identifiers

Lycaena phlaeas's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55655[33]. Lycaena phlaeas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 282391[34]. Lycaena phlaeas's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 262721[35]. Lycaena phlaeas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1929697[36]. Lycaena phlaeas's ITIS TSN is recorded as 777788[37].

Why It Matters

Lycaena phlaeas has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [34] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [37] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [35] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [36] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . ARKive. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Ferrantia 90 Butterflies in Luxembourg: distribution, trends and conservation. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . The Butterflies of Canada. wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Christian Pirkl · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ast', 'az', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'co', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en',
    Sitelink count → 45
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Image: American Copper - Lycaena phlaeas, Idylwild State Wildlife Management Area, Federalsburg, Maryland (35150270616).jpg"
  2. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 7002
    Lepindex id → 200881, 201006
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Lepindex id: 201006, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270217|batch #270217]]"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+25.5'}
    Has host → Rumex acetosa, Rumex acetosella, Rumex crispus +5
    Parent taxon → Lycaena
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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