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Small Copper (Aberration Bipunctata)

Lycaena phlaeas ab. bipunctata

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Field Notes

Description:

A female small copper with abnormal appearance (aberration bipunctata) due to a chance mutation or unusual environmental conditions during her development.

Habitat:

Meadow in Seih-Sou, the suburban forest of Thessaloniki (Greece).

Reference Links:

Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas - Overview, Lycaena phlaeas, Leaving Facebook...

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Comments (8)
InêsVeloso
i'm never disapointed by your spottings :D great pic!
KostasZontanos
Thank you Francisco! In the field I thought it was a strange Lycaena dispar with mixed male and female characteristics. But according the suggestion of an entomologist is a Lycaena phlaeas aberration. Aberrations don't occur every day but in small coppers aren't so rare.

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PublishedApril 5, 2016

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