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Common Copper, Manto bicolor

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. The undersides are patterned in a similar way but are paler. The black spots on the forewings are outlined in yellow and the dark colouring is replaced by a pale brownish, gray. The hindwings are the same brown/grey colour with small black dots and a narrow orange border. The caterpillars (larvae) are usually green, but some have a purple stripe down the middle of the back and along each side.

Habitat:

Spotted in a Holm oak forest

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.; f/14; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: -1 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.

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12 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Gracias Augusto

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

gracias madalena

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Gracias eulalia

Hermosa!!!

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

que bonita!

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 10 years ago

Preciosa.

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Thanks injica

injica
injica 10 years ago

Beautiful butterfly!

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Thanks Jason Alexander

arlanda
arlanda 10 years ago

Thanks Argy

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Lovely!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Very nice Arlanda. Great colors especially with that green.

arlanda
Spotted by
arlanda

Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Spotted on Apr 12, 2013
Submitted on Apr 17, 2013

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