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are the congruence subgroups $\Gamma(n)$ characteristic inside $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$?

Are the "principal congruence subgroups" $\Gamma(n)\le SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ characteristic?

Ie, are they left invariant (as a set) by all automorphisms of $SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$?

Here $\Gamma(n)$ is the subgroup consisting of matrices congruent to the identity mod $n$.