Lycaena phlaeas
Lycaena phlaeas est papilio familiae Lycaenidarum.

Distributio geographica 
Lycaena phlaeas est frequens in Europa, Asia, America Septentrionali, et Africa Septentrionali ad australem ad Aethiopiam.

Habitus 
Larvae praecipue rumices acetosa et acetosella, et aliis vescuntur.

Taxinomia 

Lycaena phlaeas ad subgenus Thersamolycaena generis Lycaenae pertinet. Species vicissim dividitur in nonnullas subspecies: 
Lycaena phlaeas hibernica—Hibernia, Hibernia Septentrionalis
Lycaena phlaeas eleus—Anglia, Cambria, Scotia
Lycaena phlaeas phlaeas—Europa, Siberia occidentali, Caucasus, Caucasus Australis (locus typicus = Suecia)
Lycaena phlaeas polaris—Urales septentrionales, Siberia septentrionalis, Paeninsula Tschucotica (Russia)
Lycaena phlaeas kamtschatica—Paeninsula Camtschatica (Russia)
Lycaena phlaeas ganalica—Paeninsula Camtschatica (Russia)
Lycaena phlaeas daimio—Insulae Curilenses meridianae, Sachalina (insulae Russicae)
Lycaena phlaeas hypophlaeas—Montes Altaici, Siberia meridiana, Amur (Russia–Sinae regio finium), Ussuri septentrionalis (ad Amur adiacens)
Lycaena phlaeas chinensis—Ussuri meridiani
Lycaena phlaeas oxiana—Montes Parthau, Montes Alai, Ghissar-Darvaz, Montes Tian Shan
Lycaena phlaeas comedarum—Montes Pamir orientales
Lycaena phlaeas stygiana—Montes Pamir orientales
Lycaena phlaeas shima—Arabia
Lycanea phlaeas pseudophlaeas—Aethiopia, Uganda
Lycaena phlaeas ethiopica—Montes Ruwenzori (Uganda)
Lycaena phlaeas abbotti—Kenia, Tanzania, Malavia
Lycaena phlaeas flavens
Lycaena phlaeas coccinea
Lycaena phlaeas americana
Lycaena phlaeas arethusa
Lycaena phlaeas arctodon
Lycaena phlaeas feildeni

Lycaenidae
Index lepidopterorum Britanniae
Index lepidopterorum Indiae

Bibliographia 
 Asher, Jim, Martin Warren, Richard Fox, Paul Harding, Gaile Jeffcoate, et Stephen Jeffcoate, eds. 2001. The Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland. Oxoniae: Oxford University Press.
 Darby, Gene. 1958. What is a Butterfly Sicagi: Benefic Press.
 Dempster, J. P., et A. M. Emmet. 1990. LYCAENA PHLAEAS (Linnaeus). In The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, 7, pars 1, ed. A. Maitland Emmet, John Heath, et al., 134–139. Colchester: Harley Books.
 Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Ed. 2a. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society.
 Gaonkar, Harish. 1996. Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka): A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 
 Gay, Thomas, Isaac Kehimkar, et J. C. Punetha. 1992. Common Butterflies of India. Mumbai: WWF-India and Oxford University Press.
 Haribal, Meena. 1994. Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
 Kunte, Krushnamegh. 2005. Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
 Tomlinson, David, et Rob Still. 2002. Britain's Butterflies. Old Basing, BR: WildGuides.
 Wynter-Blyth, M. A. 1957. Butterflies of the Indian Region. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society.

Nexus externi 

Lycaena apud situm nic.funet.fi

Lepidoptera Americae Septentrionalis
Lepidoptera Britanniae
Lepidoptera Indiae
 
Taxa Linnaei
Taxa 1761