{"id":9839,"date":"2020-10-08T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?post_type=cu_description&#038;p=9839"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:52:10","slug":"what-is-the-smallest-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"cu_description","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/description\/what-is-the-smallest-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the smallest butterfly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 id=\"\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n<p>Here is the smallest butterfly in the world. 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.&nbsp;All 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\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/Smallest-Butterfly-credit-Naomi-Cappuccino.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Western Pygmy Blue, native to the western U.S. has a wingspan of 12-20mm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_description_type":[59],"class_list":["post-9839","cu_description","type-cu_description","status-publish","hentry","cu_description_type-butterfly-show"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/9839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_description"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description\/9839\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_description_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_description_type?post=9839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}