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Butterfly taxonomy (classification) The skippers The swallowtails The whites The hairstreaks, coppers and blues. Includes the Duke of Burgundy. The nymphalids, fritillaries and browns. Includes the Monarch.

Stock Photos

Species:

Imago  

Subspecies: eleus


08 L. phlaeas 1 SE0496 1409 001
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08 L. phlaeas 2 SE0496 1409 001
Photo © Paul Kipling
08 L. phlaeas SE0496 2305 7 003
Photo © Paul Kipling
Small Copper Female? - Crawley, Sussex 29-May-07
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Female - Crawley, Sussex 16-July-07
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Male - Crawley, Sussex 11-May-06
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Male - Chaldon, Surrey 6-Aug-09
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Male - Ballard Down, Dorset 24-May-05
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Male - Kenley Aerodrome, Surrey 10-Oct-09
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Female - Kenley Aerodrome, Surrey 10-Oct-09
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper - imago - Ballard Down - 21-Jul-06 (0501)
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Bentley Wood - 20-May-04
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Stockbridge Down - 16-Jul-08 (2)
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Stockbridge Down - 16-Jul-08 (4)
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Stockbridge Down - 28-Jun-07 (3)
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Thatcham - 02-May-07 (2) {REARED}
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Thatcham - 03-May-07 (3) {REARED}
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Thatcham - 11-May-07 (1) {REARED}
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper - imago - Stockbridge Down - 06-Aug-09 (1)
Photo © Peter Eeles
Small Copper [Nick Sampford]
Photo © Nick Sampford
Small Copper Male - Kenley, Surrey 20-July-10
Photo © Vince Massimo

Subspecies: hibernica

Aberrations  

Small Copper Female (caeruleopunctata) - Crawley, Sussex 6-Sept-06
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Male (caeruleopunctata) - Birling Gap, Sussex 18-Aug-07
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper Male (variant) - Carsaig, Isle of Mull, Scotland 10-Sept-06
Photo © Vince Massimo
L. phlaeas ab. obliterata SE0496 0507
Photo © Paul Kipling

ab. auronitens (Schultz)

ab. caeruleopunctata (Tutt)


L. phlaeas ab. caerulopunctata SE0496 0507
Photo © Paul Kipling
Small Copper Male (ab. caeruleopunctata) - Kenley, Surrey 20-July-10
Photo © Vince Massimo

ab. cupreopunctata (Tutt)

ab. cuprinus (Peyerimhoff)

ab. extensa (Tutt, 1906)


L. phlaeas ab. extensa SE0496 0507
Photo © Paul Kipling

ab. ignita (Tutt)

ab. kochi (Strand)

ab. lacticolour (Leeds)

ab. obsoleta-caeruleopunctata (Tutt)

ab. radiata (Tutt, 1896)

ab. schmidtii (Gerhardt, 1853)

ab. supra-radiata (Oberthur)

ab. unipunctata (Tutt, 1906)

Ovum  

Small Copper ovum - Chaldon, Surrey 25-Sept-09
Photo © Vince Massimo

Larva  

Small Copper - larva - Thatcham - 31-Mar-07 (1) {REARED}
Photo © Peter Eeles

Pupa  

Small Copper - pupa - Thatcham - 13-Apr-07 (1) {REARED}
Photo © Peter Eeles

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