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Where does the Small Copper live?

Lycaena phlaeas has 1,274,926 records in 89 countries and territories, from 1800 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Small Copper
Small Copper — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraLycaenidaeLycaena

When it is recorded

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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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 561,417
Netherlands 267,599
France 101,847
Germany 57,676
Belgium 56,081
Sweden 45,283
Denmark 28,474
Spain 26,907
Finland 24,323
Switzerland 23,627
Austria 8,005
Italy 6,812
Ireland 6,537
Poland 6,282
Norway 6,263
Portugal 4,882
Japan 3,472
Greece 3,013
United States 2,964
Guernsey 2,832
Luxembourg 2,750
Jersey 2,719
Hungary 2,283
Serbia 2,107
Isle of Man 1,894
Canada 1,688
Türkiye 1,587
Russia 1,557
Lithuania 1,453
South Korea 1,391
Bulgaria 1,192
Estonia 1,168
Åland Islands 935
Romania 885
Israel 820
Czechia 808
Ukraine 752
Croatia 746
Morocco 644
China 546

Showing the top 40 of 89 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.