Steeman Chris
Species
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
橙灰蝶（學名：Lycaena dispar，英文俗名：Large Copper），是屬於灰蝶科灰蝶亞科的一種蝴蝶，是灰蝶屬的一種。廣泛分佈於歐洲，北至芬蘭南部，並橫越至亞洲一帶，模式產地為英格蘭。生境為潮濕的地區。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 481
- With media
- 813
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- UMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), YPM
- Recorded in
- Italy, United Kingdom, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
Large copper (Lycaena dispar) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Lycaena dispar is widely distributed across temperate Eurasia from western Europe to the Amur region, Korea and Manchuria. While it is currently in severe decline in north-western Europe, it is expanding in central, northern and eastern regions.
Three European subspecies are commonly recognized: L. dispar dispar (single-brooded), the now-extinct English subspecies; L. d. batavus (usually single-brooded), the Dutch subspecies; and L. d. rutilus (double-brooded), which is widespread across the rest of the continent. Several Asian subspecies extend the range eastward. The species has been declining in many European countries mainly as a result of habitat loss.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lycaena dispar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.