| Lycaena tityrus | (Poda, 1761) |
TL: Austria, Graz (2400 m.)
Male above black-brown, with a magnificent metallic green gloss when alive, with black spots corresponding to those of the underside and with a very thin reddish lunate line before the margin of the hindwing. Female above similar to Lycaena (Lycaena) phlaeas, but paler yellow, and with a very thin black edge instead of a broad black marginal band. Beneath yellowish grey, with very numerous black ocelli and small russet-red spots before the margin.
Throughout Europe, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, with the exception of Great Britain; also in Asia Minor.
Throughout Europe, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, with the exception of Great Britain; also in Asia Minor.
 | A little butterfly which can be find in the fields and others little places in which there are many flowers. This butterfly flies very fast. |
 | A tiny egg, quite grey. It looks like an sponge or a golf ball. |
Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Fallow land
- Forest edges
- Glades
- Railway lines and embankments
- Waysides
28-30 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ArmenianՏիտիրուս կապտաթիթեռ 
CatalàCoure fosc 
ČeskyOhniváček černoskvrnný 
DanskSort ildfugl 
DeutschBrauner Feuerfalter 
Eesti keelPruun-kuldtiib 
EnglishSooty Copper 
EspañolManto oscuro 
FrançaisCuivré fuligineux 
HrvatskiTočkasti vatreni plavac 
ItalianoTitiro 
LatviešuBrūnais zeltainītis 
LietuviųTamsusis auksinukas 
MagyarBarna tüzlepke 
NederlandsBruine vuurvlinder 
PolskiCzerwończyk uroczek 
ShqipFlakëroshja e errët 
SlovenčinaOhniváčik čiernoškvrnný 
SrpskiTamni dukat 
SuomeksiTanskankultasiipi 
SvenskaDansk Guldvinge 
TürkçeÝslibakýrgüzeli 
ΕλληνικάΑιθαλώδης χαλκούχα λυκαένα 
РусскийЧервонец Титир 
中文提貉灰蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Polygonaceae Rumex acetosa Common Sorrel Polygonaceae Rumex acetosella Sheep's Sorrel - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Polygonaceae Rumex Sorrel
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Heodes dorilis Hufnagel, 1766
- Subspecies
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Species Author Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus subalpinus Speyer, 1851 Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus tityrus (Poda, 1761)
- Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus is a member of the clade Lycaena virgaureae:
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Species Author Lycaena (Heodes) bleusei (Oberthür, 1884) Lycaena (Heodes) ottomanus (Lefèbvre, 1831) Lycaena (Heodes) tityrus (Poda, 1761) Lycaena (Heodes) virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758) Lycaena (Thersamolycaena) alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterfly Conservation Armenia euroButterflies Matt Rowling Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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