The large copper (Lycaena dispar) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

The large copper butterfly has wings of a bright coppery-orange, fringed with black. The undersides are silvery-blue with black spots. Emerging in July, the adult butterflies lays eggs …

The large copper (Lycaena dispar) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

1977年9月1日 · The Dutch race of the large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar Haw.), was introduced to Woodwalton Fen in 1927 and with careful management survived until 1969, following an exceptional July flood in 1968 which submerged the …

The Large Copper was first discovered from Dozen's Bank near Spalding in Lincolnshire in 1749. It became extinct in the British Isles in 1851 and was last recorded at Bottisham in Cambridgeshire. There is no doubt that the demise of this most spectacular butterfly was the result of changing fenland management and, in particular, the draining of ...

The wings of the diminutive, and thus deceivingly named, Large copper butterfly are a coppery-orange colour framed in black with a silvery-blue underside. The species was first described in 1749 in Lincolnshire, England and has since been divided into three subspecies, which occur within a very large range throughout most of Europe and Russia.

2012年1月31日 · The Large Copper Butterfly (Lycaena dispar) is a charismatic butterfly species of high conservation priority in Western Europe. Interestingly, it has recently increased in numbers in Central Europe and expanded to new areas in Northeast Europe (Saarinen 2010; Kudrna et …

This species used to be found throughout the wet fenlands of south east England. However, it is estimated that in the UK 99% of this habitat was drained to make space for agriculture and as a result, the large copper went extinct around 150 years ago.

Large Copper Butterfly - Lycaena dispar. Phylum: Arthropoda - Class: Insecta - Order: Lepidoptera - Family: Lycaenidae. Above: a male Large Copper, Bulgaria . Sadly extinct in Britain since 1865 (or at least that was when it was last officially recorded), the Large Copper butterfly is in decline in many other countries in Europe.

The Large Copper is a fenland species that disappeared with the draining of the fens where it used to breed on Water Dock (Rumex hydrolapathum). It is now extinct in Britain. (For further details on this species see http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/). There are insufficient data to derive trends for this species.