Coppers (Lycaeninae)

Sooty Copper male resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper female resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper gathering nectar of Oregano flowers.

Purple-Shot Copper male resting on a Pyrenean eryngo. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Scarce Copper male resting on a Pyrenean eryngo. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Sooty Copper male resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Small Copper gathering nectar of a white clover flower in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on common bracken in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on common bracken in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on a blade of grass in a meadow.

Small Copper gathering nectar of a tricolour chrysanthemum flower in my garden.

Small Copper foraging yarrow flower in a wet meadow. Beynat, Limousin, France.

Small Copper foraging yarrow flower in a wet meadow. Beynat, Limousin, France.

Sooty Copper male resting in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper male resting in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on a sorrel leaf in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper female resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Small Copper resting on apple mint flowers in a wet meadow.

Scarce Copper female gathering nectar of a common yarrow in an alpine meadow of Vercors.

Scarce Copper female gathering nectar of a common yarrow in an alpine meadow of Vercors.

Scarce Copper female gathering nectar of a common yarrow in an alpine meadow of Vercors.

Scarce Copper male resting in an alpine meadow of Vercors.

Scarce Copper female gathering nectar of a Yellow Ox-eye flower in an alpine meadow of Vercors.

.Scarce Copper female gathering nectar of a Yellow Ox-eye flower in an alpine meadow of Vercors.

Scarce Copper female gathering nectar of a Yellow Ox-eye flower in an alpine meadow of Vercors.

Sooty Copper male resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper male resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Small Copper resting on apple mint flowers in a wet meadow.

Small Copper resting on a Calibrachoa flower in my garden.

Small Copper gathering nectar of a tricolour chrysanthemum flower in my garden.

Small Coppers mating in a wet meadow.

Small Coppers mating in a wet meadow.

Small Coppers mating in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper resting on a blade of grass in a wet meadow.

Small Copper gathering nectar of a cosmos flower in my garden.

Small Copper gathering nectar of a cosmos flower in my garden.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Scarce Copper male gathering nectar of a greater burdock flower in the valley of Llo. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Small Copper resting with a little longhorn beetle on a Alpine Thrift flower in the valley of Llo. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Small Copper resting with a little longhorn beetle on a Alpine Thrift flower in the valley of Llo. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Scarce Copper male taking a sunbath along a path in the valley of Llo. Catalan Pyrenees, France.

Scarce Copper male gathering nectar of a greater burdock flower in the valley of Llo. Catalan Pyrenees, France.