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The Great Copper (Lycaena dispar) is a large butterfly species belonging to the family Lycaenidae, characterized by its bright orange upperwings marked with dark spots. The nominate British subspecies, L. d. dispar, went extinct around 1848 due to the extensive drainage of its fenland habitats in East Anglia.
While the British population is entirely lost, other subspecies of the Great Copper survive in continental Europe and Asia, where they typically inhabit damp meadows and marshy environments. Conservationists in the UK have made multiple historical attempts to reintroduce the butterfly using these continental variants, though long-term success has been limited.
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