Where has the Small Copper been recorded?

Lycaena phlaeas occurrence evidence comes from 126,079 records in 64 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from Belgium.

• 126,079 records
• 64 places
• 166 years recorded
• Insecta class

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When it is recorded

Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Small Copper has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Small Copper. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

Showing the top 40 of 64 places.

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