#2996 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Geranium Bronze

🇳🇱 Geraniumblauwtje ·Cacyreus marshalli

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Pavel Vojtek · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Emilio · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Ferran Pestaña · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Clemens M. Brandstetter · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Daniel VILLAFRUELA · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. © Alvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 4.0
10. © Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The geranium bronze or brun des pélargoniums in French ( Cacyreus marshalli ), is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,248iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
14,248 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1898 (128 years ago).