Species Detail - Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Vascular Plant Data - Robert Northridge".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Lycaena phlaeas
Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper
NHMSYS0000516465 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
lyphl
(Linnaeus, 1761)
insect - butterfly
Species
1
1
1
24/08/2021
24/08/2021
16 January (recorded in 2019)
5 November (recorded in 2018)
Robert Northridge, Irish Vascular Plant Data - Robert Northridge, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/256/Species/77512>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), image, accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/256/Species/77512>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), image, accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/256/Species/77512>