beautiful common copper lycaena phlaeas butterfly

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Small or common copper butterfly lycaena phlaeas closeup Royalty Free Stock Photo

Small common copper butterfly- Lycaena phlaeas on flower Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beautiful common copper lycaena phlaeas butterfly.

Small copper or common copper butterfly lycaena phlaeas closeup Royalty Free Stock Photo

phlaeas, the small copper, American copper, or common copper, is a butterfly of the Lycaenids or gossamer-winged butterfly family. According to Guppy and Shepard 2001, its specific name phlaeas is said to be derived either from the Greek phlego, `to burn up` or from the Latin floreo, `to flourish`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 grey.