#2566 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Sooty Copper
🇳🇱 Bruine Vuurvlinder ·Lycaena tityrus
📍 Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
📍 6731 Otterlo, Nederland
📍 Ede, Nederland
📍 Noordoostelijk van Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, Nederland
📍 9466 TB Gasteren, Nederland
📍 Ede, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jose Delgar · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Andreas Sanchez · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © savo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Ede, Nederland:© Carel Jongkind · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Noordoostelijk van Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 9466 TB Gasteren, Nederland:© Jeroen van der Brugge · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Ede, Nederland:© s_denheijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Lycaena tityrus , the sooty copper , is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 148 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 22,185 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Sooty Copper
- Nederlands
- Bruine Vuurvlinder
- scientific name
- Lycaena tityrus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Lycaenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 148
- sightings in Europe
- 20,116
- sightings worldwide
- 22,185
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761 by Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lycaenidae
#2391 📷 7Small Copper
🇳🇱 Kleine vuurvlinder
Lycaena phlaeas
👀 2.1k in NL
#2394 📷 8Common Blue
🇳🇱 Icarusblauwtje
Polyommatus icarus
👀 1.8k in NL
#2400 📷 8Holly Blue
🇳🇱 Boomblauwtje
Celastrina argiolus
👀 1.4k in NL
#2422 📷 10Brown Argus
🇳🇱 Bruin blauwtje
Aricia agestis
👀 647 in NL
#2475 📷 7Silver-studded Blue
🇳🇱 Heideblauwtje
Plebejus argus
👀 318 in NL
#2517 📷 10Purple hairstreak
🇳🇱 Eikenpage
Favonius quercus
LC 👀 196 in NL
#2539 📷 10Green Hairstreak
🇳🇱 Groentje
Callophrys rubi
👀 172 in NL
#2661 📷 10Brown Hairstreak
🇳🇱 Sleedoornpage
Thecla betulae
LC 👀 82 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 154654, Wikidata Q901019, GBIF 5882898, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.