Visais sumetimais tai atrodo kaip mėlynas drugelis (kaip Polyommatinae pogrupyje)… tai labai, juk labai mėlyna. Tačiau prielaidos, pagrįstos spalva, nuves jus neteisingu keliu; kaip paaiškėja, šis drugelis iš tikrųjų yra vario rūšis. Yra subtilus sparno formos ir tikriausiai venacijos skirtumas, but when I first saw these butterflies I assumed they were a sub-species of Plebejus icarioides (kurios were also flying at this location on the Kaibab Plateau). But then I began seeing female butterflies (žemiau) interacting with these blues and then it dawned on me – blue copper – Lycaena heteronea austin (Lycaenidae: Lycaeninae)!
This subspecies was originally described in 1998 by the late, puiku George T. Austin as L. heteronea rutila. Given however that rutila more or less = rutilus, it was later determined rutila was actually unavailable and the subspecies name was changed to austin in honor of George.
male Lycaena heteroena austin (Lycaenidae)
female Lycaena heteroena austin
What a beauftiful picture !
I like the picture so bad
Do you have any picture similar with that ?
Impressive. Certainly a trick to trip up beginners!