#3049 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Purple-edged Copper

🇳🇱 Rode vuurvlinder ·Lycaena hippothoe

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

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

1. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Javier Díaz Barrera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Frank Vassen · CC BY 4.0
7. © Luciano 95 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The purple-edged copper ( Lycaena hippothoe ) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,706iNaturalist 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.
4,706 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).