Small copper butterfly  (Lycaena phlaeus)

Facts

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusLycaena
SizeWingspan: 24 – 30 mm
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Status

Common (not threatened – Europe).

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