{"id":9839,"date":"2020-10-08T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?post_type=cu-kb-faqs&#038;p=9839"},"modified":"2020-10-08T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:59:53","slug":"what-is-the-smallest-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"cu-kb-faqs","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the smallest butterfly?"},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"kb-faq-tags":[59],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the smallest butterfly? - Department of Biology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/\",\"name\":\"What is the smallest butterfly? - Department of Biology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-08T20:52:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-08T20:59:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FAQs\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu-faq\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What is the smallest butterfly?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Biology\",\"description\":\"Carleton University\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is the smallest butterfly? 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I saw it last spring at the Burnt Lands Alvar Provincial Park. The strawberry flower it is sitting on is pretty close to the size of a dime.\u00a0All of the butterflies in the family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers and Hairstreaks) are pretty small. The smallest on record is the Western Pygmy Blue. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/naomi-cappuccino\/\">Dr. Naomi Cappuccino<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smallest-Butterfly-credit-Naomi-Cappuccino.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Western Pygmy Blue, native to the western U.S. has a wingspan of 12-20mm<\/p>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu-kb-faqs\/9839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu-kb-faqs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu-kb-faqs"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb-faq-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb-faq-tags?post=9839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}