This coin celebrates the malachite moth, a species of the Lepidoptera order and the Noctuidae family. This insect is on the Ukrainian list of endangered species. In Ukraine, it is found in some areas of the regions of Polesia, forest steppe, steppe, and in Crimea (Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Luhansk and Kharkiv oblasts and Crimea).

Obverse: in a wreath made of some flora and fauna species are Ukraine’s small coat of arms, the legends УКРАЇНА/2/ГРИВНІ/2020 (Ukraine/2/hryvnias/2020), and the mint mark of the NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works.

Reverse: against a smooth background is a color image of the malachite moth (pad-printed) and the following semicircular legends: СОВКА РОЗКІШНА (malachite moth) (above, to the right) and STAUROPHORA CELSIA (beneath, to the left).