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Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Description:

The upperside forewings are a bright orange with a dark outside edge border and with eight or nine black spots. The hindwings are dark with an orange border. Some females also have a row of blue spots inside the orange border and are known as form caeruleopunctata.

Habitat:

Woodland edge.

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2 Comments

KostasZontanos
KostasZontanos 6 years ago

Thanks Brian!

Brian38
Brian38 6 years ago

Wonderful pics!!

KostasZontanos
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KostasZontanos

Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση Μακεδονίας - Θράκης, Greece

Spotted on May 25, 2017
Submitted on May 29, 2017

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