Butterfly or moth
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas · Lycaenidae · Lepidoptera
Best monthsJul–Sepmost records
Records1,258,613in 64 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom565,398 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Small Copper in brief
The small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) is a butterfly or moth of the Lycaenidae family — species of insect.
Across the 64 countries we cover it has 1,258,613 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in July, August and September and fall to their lowest in January and December.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom565,398 records · best Aug, Sep
Netherlands271,601 records · best Sep, Jul
France102,751 records · best Jul, Aug
Germany60,099 records · best Jul, Sep
Belgium55,305 records · best Sep, Aug
Sweden46,995 records · best Aug, Jul
Denmark31,570 records · best Jul, Aug
Spain27,426 records · best May, Jun
Switzerland24,074 records · best Aug, Jul
Austria8,218 records · best Aug, Jul
Italy7,136 records · best Apr, Jul
Poland6,685 records · best Jul, Aug
Norway6,558 records · best Aug, Jul
Ireland6,556 records · best Aug, May
Japan5,523 records · best Apr, Jun
Portugal4,851 records · best May, Apr
Greece3,206 records · best May, Apr
Luxembourg2,825 records · best Aug, Jul
Hungary2,362 records · best Apr, Jun
Serbia2,110 records · best Apr, Jul
Russia1,723 records · best Aug, Jul
South Korea1,675 records · best Jul, May
Türkiye1,648 records · best Jul, Apr
Lithuania1,506 records · best Jul, Aug
Bulgaria1,319 records · best Apr, Jun
Estonia1,290 records · best Aug, Jul
Romania932 records · best Jul, May
Czechia891 records · best Sep, Jul
Ukraine841 records · best May, Jul
Israel821 records · best Jun, May
Croatia782 records · best Jul, Aug
China697 records · best Jul, Jun
Morocco661 records · best May, Apr
Algeria211 records · best May, Apr
Belarus206 records · best Jul, Sep
Georgia206 records · best Sep, Aug
Slovakia201 records · best Jul, Aug
Albania190 records · best May, Jun
North Macedonia188 records · best Jun, Jul
Slovenia169 records · best Jul, Aug
Cyprus160 records · best Apr, May
Armenia129 records · best Jul, Jun
Nepal103 records · best Aug, Jun
Latvia82 records · best Aug, May
Andorra81 records · best Jan, Aug
Iran70 records · best Apr, May
Montenegro68 records · best Oct, Jul
Pakistan62 records · best Jun, Jul
Tunisia59 records · best May, Jun
Iraq57 records · best Aug, May
Bosnia and Herzegovina53 records · best Jun, May
Kazakhstan45 records · best Sep, Aug
Uzbekistan38 records · best Jul, Jun
Kosovo31 records · best Nov, Apr
Syria31 records · best May, Mar
Azerbaijan22 records · best May, Aug
Bhutan22 records · best Jun, Apr
Tajikistan22 records · best Jun, Aug
Afghanistan17 records · best May, Jun
Mongolia16 records · best Aug, Jun
Palestine15 records · best Apr, Mar
Saudi Arabia12 records · best Jun, May
Malta9 records · best Jun, Oct
Eritrea3 records · best Jan, Aug
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
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