The taxon of the week is the small copper Lycaena phlaeas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas] Reference

Indeed, I have chosen the small copper as Jurisdynamics' mascot precisely because subspecies of Lycaena phlaeas are widely distributed across North America and all three continents of World Island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas] Reference

Where conditions were right (neither too much nor too little sun, for instance up near the house itself) a scumble of colors occurred in Spring, attracting swarms of bees and butterflies — among these: Silver-spotted Skippers (Epargyreus clarus clarus) and American Coppers (Lycaena phlaes americana) — in abundance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The light that draws the flower] Reference

Lycaena tityrus across altitudes and temperatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Content on CO2 Science] Reference

Formica francoeuri tending larvae of the copper butterfly, Lycaena xanthoides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myrmecos Blog] Reference

On the skirts of the plantations I found the handsome blue Deudorix despoena, and in the shady woods the lovely Lycaena wallacei.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2] Reference

Gone, too, not only from Whittlesea but from the whole world, is that most exquisite of English butterflies, Lycaena dispar -- the great copper; and many a curious insect more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prose Idylls, New and Old] Reference

Jurisdynamics' mascot: Lycaena phlaeas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference

Jurisdynamics: Small copper Lycaena phlaeas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas] Reference

Small copper Lycaena phlaeas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas] Reference

A large number of specialist and endemic species of plants and animals are found here, including the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino), Hermes copper butterfly (Lycaena hermes), San Diego thorn mint (Acanthomintha ilicifolia), San Diego ambrosia (Ambrosia pumila), San Diego barrel cactus (Ferocactus viridescens), San Diego pocket mouse (Perognathus fallax), Merriam kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami), Stephens kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi), red-diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber), San Diego banded gecko (Coleonyx variegatus abbotti), San Diego horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillei), California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica), and the coastal populations of the cactus wren (Campylorhyncus brunneicapillus).    From Wordnik.com.  [California coastal sage and chaparral] Reference