Monday, 22 August 2016

23-8-2016 ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, MADRID - SCARCE COPPER BUTTERFLY (Lycaena virgaureae)


The scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae (copper or gossamer-winged butterflies).

The lower surfaces of the back wings are yellowish and have only a few black dots; there are characteristic white marks in the immediate vicinity of these. The species exhibits one kind of sexual dimorphism: male butterflies are colored bright gold-red on the upper side of wing, while the females have broader orange wings with a dark design.

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