Big-Leaf Maple vs Fiery Copper

Acer macrophyllum compared with Lycaena thetis

Key Differences

• Big-Leaf Maple is Least Concern while Fiery Copper is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaf Maple	Fiery Copper
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Sapindaceae	Lycaenidae
Genus	Acer	Lycaena
Species	Acer macrophyllum	Lycaena thetis

Conservation Status

Big-Leaf Maple

LC — Least Concern

Fiery Copper

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaf Maple	Fiery Copper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaf Maple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Ireland, and United States.

Fiery Copper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Greece and North Macedonia.

Big-Leaf Maple

The Big-Leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a species in the genus Acer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.