Lycaena phlaeas
Lycaena phlaeas montado de azinhopseudo-estepeformações rochosasdiurnonão avaliado
Little Copper

 

ORDER: Lepidoptera
FAMILY: Lycaenidae
WINGSPAN: 24-32 mm

BREEDING SEASON:
J F M A M J J A S O N D

CHARACTERS: anterior wings’ superior sides are orange with balck spots and greyish margin and inferior sides are pale orange with black spots; posterior wings’ superior sides are grey with a line of black spots and orange margin and inferior sides are whitish with black spots and orange line.
DEVELOPMENT: indirect.
ECOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR: nectarivorous; pollinator; spend Winter in crisalida phase; males await perched in leaves or flowers for the females to pass by and differentiate them by wing patterns.

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