Small Copper Butterfly
Taken at Troon on 20th August 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Musselburgh  on 16th May 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Musselburgh on 24th August 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode. Fact File
Underwing
Taken at Barns Ness on 26th August 2016 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in macro mode.
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Small Copper Butterfly.
Species:
Order:
Family:
Lycaena phlaeas.
Lepidoptera.
Lycaenidae.
Larval Food:
Adult Food:
Wingspan:

Habitat:

Flies/Found:
Common and Sheep's Sorrel, Broad-leaved Dock.
Fleabane, Buttercups, Daisy, Dandelion, Hawkweeds, Heather and Ragwort.
26 - 36 mm.
Grassland, wasteland, heathland, old quarries, embankments and road verges and woodland.
May - October.
Typically 2 or 3 generations each year, depending on the weather, with 4 generations in extremely good years.