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Lycaena phlaeas
This butterfly is also know as American Copper or Common Copper Butterfly. The main part of the upper wings are a lovely copper colour with dark spots and a dark edge, where as the lower wings are dark blackish almost dark blue in colour with a copper edge.
This one came to rest on our Basil plant, where it stayed opening and closing its wings for sometime. I have seen several of them around our garden here in Turkey.
Spotted on May 7, 2014
Submitted on Jun 3, 2014
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