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Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Photo by arne.roysland
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Field Notes

Description:

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.

Habitat:

Meadow.

Notes:

Norwegian name: Ildgullvinge

Reference Links:

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) · iNaturalist

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