#2874 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large Copper

🇳🇱 Grote vuurvlinder ·Lycaena dispar

NTnear threatened 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The large copper ( Lycaena dispar ) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. L. dispar has been commonly arranged into three subspecies: L. dispar dispar , (single-brooded) which was commonly found in England, but is now extinct, L. d. batavus , (single-brooded) can be found in the Netherlands and has been reintroduced into the United Kingdom, and lastly, L. d. rutilus, (double-brooded) which is widespread across central and southern Europe. The latter has been declining in many European countries,...

base stats

NL sightings 30iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,428iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

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).