Ferdinandea cuprea is a European species of hoverfly notable for its brassy abdomen.

Abdomen greenish with dull bands connecting to hind margin.

Male genitalia figured by Coe (1953).Larva illustrated by Hartley (1961) and Rotheray (1993) [2] and in colour by Rotheray (1993) [3] See references [4] [5] [6] [7] Palaearctic Fennoscandia South to southern Spain and the Mediterranean basin to Turkey.

Usually on the trunks of standing, live trees, or on the cut ends of stacked logs, in glades, or at the edge of clearings and along tracks or at sap runs.

[10] Flowers visited include Convolvulus, Crataegus, Hieracium, Leontodon, Lonicera, Mentha, Oenothera, Prunus cerasus, Ranunculus, Rosa, Rubus fruticosus, Sonchus, Taraxacum, Ulmus.