Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Sooty Copper male resting in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper male resting 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.

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.

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

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper resting in a meadow. Diois, France.

Sooty Copper cleaning its antennas on a common yarrow in bloom in a meadow. Pyrénées Orientales, France.

Sooty Copper gathering nectar of Oregano flowers. Calcareous hill near Villefranche de Rouergue in Aveyron.

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

Sooty Copper male gathering nectar of a buttercup flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France..

Sooty Copper male gathering nectar of a buttercup flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Sooty Copper male resting on a blackberry leaf in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Sooty Copper male resting on a blackberry leaf in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Sooty Copper female gathering nectar of apple mint in a wet meadow.

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

Sooty Copper resting on a buttercup flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

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

Sooty Copper resting on a buttercup flower in a wet meadow.

Sooty Copper male gathering nectar of common heather flowers.

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

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

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

Sooty Copper resting on a buttecup flower in a wet meadow.