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Small copper

Insect
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, its specific name phlaeas is said to be derived either from the Greek φλέγω,... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Lycaena phlaeas
Family: Lycaenidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Genus: Lycaena
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Arthropoda