Small Copper
Small Copper
Latin name: Lycaena phlaeas
The Small Copper is a less seen butterfly in the area but a few can be seen each year.
The Small Copper is an amazing colour with shiny, coppery wings upper wings with black dots and paler colours on the underwings, the hindwing being plain and brown.
The Small Copper feeds mostly on Sorrel plants and is usually seen on grassland or sometimes up on the moorland.
Created: 14 June 2018 Edited: 17 August 2018
Small Copper underwing
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