LYCAENA PHLAEAS
| English name: | UK: Small Copper. US: American Copper. |
| Norwegian name: | Liten gullvinge |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1761) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Plebejus phlaeas in Fauna Suecica (Edn. 2): 285. |
| Syn.: | timeus (Cramer, 1777) |
| virgaureae (Fourcroy, 1785) | |
| aestivus Zeller, 1847 | |
| turcicus Gerchard, 1850 | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Västmanland, Sweden. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | L. p. phlaeas, L. p. polaris. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Canary Islands, Madeira, NW Africa, Europe, temperate parts of |
| Asia, Japan, Greenland, North America north to 80oN. |
L. phlaeas phlaeas | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1761) |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Västmanland, Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | Phlegon (Greek) = "burning", referring to the species' bright colours. |
L. phlaeas polaris | |
| Auctor: | (Courvoisier, 1911) |
| Original description: | in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris XXV, 103-109 |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Norwegian Lapland. |
| Distribution in Norway: | North Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | polaris: polos = pole of the earth. |
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LYCAENA PHLAEAS PHLAEAS |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 28 | BØ | Drammen | 19-AUG-1995 | Tony Nagypal | TN | |
| 2 | 19 | V | Tjøme | 24-MAY-1992 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ventral view |
| 1 | 2 |
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LYCAENA PHLAEAS POLARIS |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 173 | FV | Alta | 26-JUN-1999 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m |
| 2 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 13-JUL-2001 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f (ventral view) |
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