Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron)

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

Purple-Shot Copper female gathering nectar of a scabious flower in an alpine meadow.

Purple-Shot Copper female gathering nectar of a scabious flower in an alpine meadow.

Purple-Shot Copper male gathering nectar of a flower of white stonecrop on a rocky ground. Vercors, France.

Purple-Shot Copper male gathering nectar of a flower of white stonecrop on a rocky ground. Vercors, France.