mainland. Existing under its current name since 1927, the United Kingdom includes the island of Great

, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), it is the world's third or fourth

form the phylum Euarthropoda, which includes insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans. The term

administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has

and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The kingdom Animalia includes humans, but in colloquial use

regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573

square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total

of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species

formation includes one forward. Unconventional formations may include more than three forwards, or none.

in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. It is the largest country of the British Isles.